The entire mass of Maury County will now encompass the 5th Congressional district rather than be split between the 4th and 7th districts. A new U.S. representative will be elected in November, while U.S. Rep. Mark Green, 7th District, will no longer represent a portion of Maury County.
Top Republicans pushed their congressional redistricting plan through the GOP-dominated Kansas Legislature without much trouble Wednesday with an expected court battle looming over whether it would go too far in hurting the state's only Democrat in Congress.
Republican legislators in Kansas are pursuing a redistricting proposal that would remove Democratic voters from the Kansas-City area swing district currently held by the state's only Democratic member of Congress.