IOWA: Republican-led state Senate rejected the 1st set of congressional & state legislative maps from the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency, which will draw up a 2nd set of maps for consideration.
The 18-32 vote was straight party-line.
The 18-32 vote was straight party-line.
Sen. Roby Smith (R): the proposed districts “may meet statutory requirements, however there are opportunities for these maps to be improved on compactness and population deviation. Voting down the first plan does not violate the quote-unquote gold standard.”
Sen. Pam Jochum (D): “This map is fair. It’s independent. It does not give an advantage of one party over the other. It does not -- nor should it. Nor does it take into account where any of us live -- nor should it.”
Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R) statement on the Senate rejecting 1st proposed congressional & state legislative districts:
What comes next. Since Iowa enacted redistricting law in 1980, legislature accepted agency's 3rd map w/o amendment in 1981, 1st map 1991, 2nd map 2001, 1st map 2011. The 3rd map is subject to amendment, though the legislature has never gone that far:
legis.iowa.gov/docs/publicati…
legis.iowa.gov/docs/publicati…
Eric Holder statement on Iowa redistricting:
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