Kansas Republicans are advancing new congressional maps. Democrats say the plan cheats voters

The Kansas House gave first-round approval to the congressional map Tuesday. It already passed the Senate, and final House approval Wednesday would send it to the governor's desk. Republicans say it accounts for population shifts. Democrats say it's intended to cost U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids her seat in Congress.
TOPEKA, Kansas — A controversial Kansas redistricting plan pushed by Republicans is a single House procedural vote from going to the desk of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, where it would face an uncertain fate.

The fight over how to redraw Kansas congressional districts could also head to court.

Republicans used their supermajority in the Kansas House Tuesday to give first-round approval to a redistricting plan that would likely make it harder for U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, the state’s lone Democrat in Congress, to win reelection this year.