US EditionKansas Republicans Drop Push to Enter Nation's Widening Redistricting Battle
Kansas Republicans abandoned plans to redraw congressional maps amid internal GOP opposition and concerns about competitiveness, despite efforts to gain seats for the 2026 midterms.
- Dropping the petition effort, Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said `Planning a Special Session is always going to be an uphill battle.`
- Under Kansas law, GOP leaders circulated this year's petition for weeks to answer President Donald Trump's call for redistricting, aiming for at least seven more winnable seats in 2026.
- Electoral deadlines show a session targeting four-term U.S. Representative Sharice Davids would have coincided with Kansas's June 1 candidate filing deadline and Aug. 4 primary election.
- By stepping back, Kansas will not join Texas, Missouri and North Carolina in the GOP redistricting push, despite critics warning it could make three Republican-held districts more competitive.
- Republicans still could circulate another petition, and with the Legislature scheduled for Jan. 12, the GOP's supermajorities keep a petition-driven special session possible.
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Categories: Politics Tags: 2025 United States Elections, 2026 Midterm Elections, Dan Hawkins, Donald Trump, Gerrymandering, Kansas, Redistricting, Republican Party, Sharice Davids Kansas Republicans have dropped plans for an imminent special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House map — at least for now. House Speaker Dan Hawkins (R-Wichita) announced the decision Tuesday evening, citing insufficient support among GOP members to pro…
Kansas GOP abandons special session to redraw U.S. House districts
Kansas’ Republican House leader on Tuesday dropped efforts to force a redraw of U.S. House districts that would have thrust the state into a widening national battle for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections.
Trump's redistricting plot suffers major blow as red state Republicans give up
President Donald Trump's push for Republican legislators around the country to redraw their congressional maps to rig extra seats for their party suffered a setback on Tuesday, as Kansas Republicans abandoned their weekslong push to eliminate the state's Democratic held seat — at least for the time being.According to the Associated Press, "The announcement by House Speaker Dan Hawkins ended a weekslong push by GOP lawmakers to circumvent Democra…
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