Senate Democratic Leader Dinah Sykes Statement on Redrawing Maps

Topeka, Kans. — Following the Monday, October 13th meeting of the Legislative Coordinating Council, Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson made the following comment, “There's a misunderstanding out there of what's happening… I'm not drawing a map. It will be a national drawing outfit that's working on it from a federal perspective.” 

Kansas Senate Democratic Leader Dinah Sykes released the following statement:

“Not only is Republican leadership ignoring the voices and real, everyday concerns of actual Kansans, but they admit to letting the Trump Administration draw our map from ‘a federal perspective’,” Kansas Senate Democratic Leader Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, said.

“Kansans are not calling for a new Congressional map, much less a map drawn by a faceless ‘national drawing outfit’ that will further infect our state with federal toxicity.

“What Kansans are concerned about is the cost of groceries, access to health care, property taxes, and rising political violence. And they deserve elected officials who are focused on addressing those issues, not scoring political points with the White House.”