(Updated to include statement from Rep. Tracey Mann)
A petition for lawmakers to sign calling for a special session to redraw congressional boundaries was presented to House members at their retreat on Saturday in Wichita.
House Speaker Dan Hawkins on Monday confirmed that House members were given a petition to sign at the retreat where redistricting was discussed.
Hawkins alluded to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's comments at a Democratic Governors Association meeting where she urged her colleagues to fight back against Republican-backed efforts to draw new congressional districts in Texas.
Hawkins borrowed a Kelly quote from a
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