Ten years of population shifts will boost the clout of the Kansas City and Wichita areas in Kansas politics and fuel a fight over redrawing a long time Democrat district in Kansas City.
The Legislature will use census data released this week to redraw congressional and legislative districts next year. The 3rd Congressional District represented by Sharice Davids, (D-Overland Park), is now overpopulated, and lawmakers are likely to set new lines.
The new census figures also suggest Johnson County could gain three Kansas House seats and a Kansas Senate seat, and Sedgwick County could gain a House seat.