Whether the Illinois General Assembly should redraw the state’s congressional map in the middle of the decade will depend on Indiana, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday.

Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Braun called a session for Hoosier state lawmakers to redraw their maps, which legislative leaders have scheduled for the start of December, the Indianapolis Star reported.

“We're watching what Indiana does,” Pritzker said at an unrelated event in Alton. “We may have to react to that. It's certainly something that people have considered here, and the legislature has considered here. But we'll have to see what happens.”

The idea would be that, as California reacted to Texas, Illinois would pair any potential redistricting with Indiana, the governor said.

“We've been looking at pa

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