Brenda Landwehr, Kansas Legislator, Says Redistricting Shouldn't Split Her 'Primarily Caucasian' District

You can file this in the 'what in the ....' category!!! I just don't understand these elected officials. These people are being paid to do a job for us. They are being paid with our tax dollars and they want to pick and choose whom they will serve. Unacceptable!!!

A Kansas state lawmaker told colleagues Wednesday that she opposed a proposed redistricting map because it would put her "primarily Caucasian" neighborhood in a more diverse district.

Kansas Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R-Wichita), who is seeking a state Senate seat, said the map would improperly combine the north Wichita area where she lives with a neighboring district that includes more Democrats and minorities.

“Gerrymandering an area of Wichita, where primarily Caucasian voters reside, in homes that are upwards of $800,000 and more in price, violates committee rules and federal redistricting guidelines,” Landwehr wrote in testimony to the state redistricting committee, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal. "Any map that draws my home into Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau's district is a violation of two communities' interest."

The district where Landwehr lives is 84 percent white and 4.5 percent black, according to The Wichita Eagle. Faust-Goudreau's (D-Wichita) district is 45 percent white and nearly 36 percent black.

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