2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Kansas

[Mr.Phips]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article250672709.html

A potential Republican recruit to oppose Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids chairs the Kansas House committee that will redraw the boundaries of her district for the 2022 election.

Still feel fairly confident that kansas R infighting over small parochial stuff+ courts will stop it.

Even if the veto somehow gets overriden, there is serious PA/NC potential here with the state supreme court being effectively 5D/2R!

The three justices Kelly nominated are up for retention election in 2022. If they strike down the GOP map, I am not sure if and how it will affect their election.

Since when have voters cared about redistricting?

[Mr.Phips]

Anyway, assuming the veto override votes go as these votes have - if they occur, this House vote may just be seen as writing on the wall - there are now basically two options. One, get Dems on board probably via Lawrence-KC since that still helps both Davids and LaTurner. Or two, punt it to the liberal court and likely get a least change map.

Due to population growth in Johnson county, least change would probably need to lop off the counties south of Johnson and maybe even part of Johnson.

[Mr.Phips]

Wyandotte + Johnson has 30k too many people.

Exactly.  It would be pretty easy to just lop of a part of southern Johnson county.

[Mr.Phips]

I had read that the KSGOP would try to override today, but haven't heard anything. Maryland was pretty quick; why the holdup?

MD Democrats have an overwhelming legislative supermajority and were more or less united around the plan. With KS, there are a few defectors/holdeouts, which is just enough to fall short of the required supermajority, since the KSGOP's supermajorities are very narrow.

Umm they’re almost the same - and actually Kansas Republicans have bigger numbers

Maryland

State House of Reps • 99 DEM - 42 GOP • (70% Dem)

State Senate • 32 DEM - 15 GOP • (68% Dem)

Kansas

State House of Reps • 86 GOP - 39 DEM • (68% GOP)

State Senate • 29 GOP - 11 DEM • (73% GOP)

Override theshhold is 67% in KS vs 60% in MD.

[Mr.Phips]

If only Dems had won a couple more seats in the state house in 2020….