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House approves court-ordered redistricting plan that creates new majority-minority districts in DeSoto County and Hattiesburg
Summary
The Mississippi House adopted a joint resolution to implement a redrawn Senate map to meet a federal court order, creating new majority-minority districts in DeSoto County and Hattiesburg and pairing two incumbent senators. The resolution passed 68–49.
The Mississippi House on the floor adopted a joint resolution to implement a redrawn Senate map the federal court ordered, creating a new majority-minority district in DeSoto County and another based in Hattiesburg.
The House voted 68–49 in favor of the joint resolution after extended discussion about the map’s population percentages, incumbency effects and community cohesion. The chairman of the House Apportionment & Elections Committee described the change as the House’s response to the federal court’s direction to create at…
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