Redistricting Plan Delivered To Lawmakers

The proposed plan for reconfiguring Iowa’s legislative districts will see dozens of lawmakers now paired against each other.  If this first plan is approved — it appears as many as 61 current members of the Iowa General Assembly live in a proposed district where at least one other legislator lives. An initial count indicates 24 senators would have to decide whether to move, retire or run against another senator and 37 state representatives would face the same predicament.  There will be public hearings and then Legislators will vote on the plan October 8th.