Redistricting committee chair hints at congressional maps splitting Douglas County

The Legislature's Redistricting Committee delayed action Tuesday on legislative and congressional redistricting plans while it awaits numbers-crunching on ideas offered by other senators.

The unexpected delay will not keep the committee from completing its work on those hot-button challenges by Thursday night as originally planned, Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn, chairwoman of the committee, said.

"Everyone is still working," Linehan said following the meeting during which committee members completed work on less contentious redistricting decisions, including redrawing Nebraska Supreme Court and Nebraska Public Service Commission maps.

During a post-session discussion with reporters in a Capitol corridor, Linehan hinted at the possibility that congressional redistricting might send portions of Douglas County out of metropolitan Omaha's 2nd District, represented by Rep. Don Bacon, and into the 1st District, represented by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Lincoln.

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(Lincoln Journal Star)