Statehouse Republicans already redrew Democrat Sharice Davids' district in 2022. They may try again, joining the national gerrymandering battle over the U.S. House of Representatives.

Less than four years after winning their preferred congressional map , some Kansas Republicans want to reshape the state’s U.S. House districts again ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. If they’re successful, it could mean ousting the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation.

Kansas would join a wave of Republican- and Democrat-led states engaging in overt gerrymandering to tip the balance of power in the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives. Kansas needs public media. Kansas needs you. Congress eliminated federal funding for public media, including the Kansas News Service.

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