New Kansas Congressional and Legislative Maps Released [View all]

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/jun/08/lawrence-placed-entirely-2nd-district-under-congre/

http://media.lawrence.com/news/documents/2012/06/08/01-m5_districtcourt-congress-statewide.PDF

The three federal judges presiding over the state's redistricting case have released the new congressional and legislative maps. Are these final or can the judges' decision be appealed by Kobach or other wingnuts?

I don't know how the state House and Senate maps will affect the current party breakdown of the seats. Hopefully we can inch our numbers up just enough to eliminate the super majority status the Rs currently hold.

The new congressional maps are probably as good as Democrats could expect since Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City have not been split between two or more districts. Jenkins probably has it a little tougher in the 2nd under the new map. We would need a very strong Dem challenger and a huge Dem turnout for Obama in November to have a chance to reclaim this seat. The same goes for Yoder in the 3rd, although he's probably more vulnerable than Jenkins, if that's possible.

I don't think these maps make it any more difficult for Kansas Dems and some days that's good enough. Agreements or disagreements?