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A recent Kansas City Star report reveals that this fall, Kansas Republican leaders spent $43,000 on redistricting software, support, and training — all before a planned special session even fell through. The ongoing effort, driven...

This week, Republican leaders in Topeka fell short in their first attempt to call a special session to gerrymander Kansas’ congressional maps, but GOP politicians in Topeka have already vowed to try again when the Legislature reconvenes...

Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) gave remarks addressing the failed effort by Kansas Republican leaders to collect enough signatures for a special legislative session aimed at gerrymandering the state’s congressional maps.  Although this first attempt fell short,...

GOP Politicians Promise to Continue the Fight to Rig Maps After weeks of secret partisan maneuvering, Kansas Republicans failed to gather the signatures needed to move forward with a special legislative session aimed at gerrymandering...

Locals call the plan “outrageous,” “undemocratic,” and “pure politics.” A new KCUR report highlights growing backlash from Johnson County residents as Kansas Republican legislators push a mid-decade gerrymander that would split up Johnson County in an attempt...

Kansans praise Rep. Davids’ leadership and call redistricting efforts “a political ploy” and “ridiculous” A new State Affairs article highlights growing backlash from Johnson County residents over a proposed redistricting plan that would split Kansas’ Third Congressional...

Today, Representative Sharice Davids dropped off canned goods at Shawnee Community Services while calling attention to the growing strain on Kansas families during the ongoing government shutdown. With federal nutrition programs like SNAP and WIC...

Yesterday, KCMO Talk Radio circulated a potential gerrymandered map that would split Johnson County and lump parts of eastern Kansas into the same congressional district as counties along the Colorado border — a move widely seen as...

Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) issued the following statement in response to Kansas Senate Republicans’ new special session announcement: “You can’t change the rules mid-fight just because you’re afraid you can’t win — yet that’s...

Today, KS Republican legislators meet with White House about gerrymandering Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) released the following statement as Kansas Republican politicians travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with Donald Trump and his administration...

Tomorrow, ahead of Kansas Republican leaders’ meeting at the White House, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) will hold a virtual press conference to address the extreme consequences of mid-decade redistricting and the politicians’ efforts to silence...

Today, the Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council quietly approved $460,000 for a redistricting special session in the state’s FY26 budget, despite Democratic leaders receiving the budget only ten minutes before the meeting began. Even Republican Senate Majority Leader Chase Blasi...