CHARLESTON – The House Redistricting Committee approved its version of a proposed Congressional map Tuesday and sent it to the full House, where it was received and the bill read a first time.
Like the Senate map, it’s a north-south division that would pit incumbent Republican Reps. David McKinley and Alex Mooney against each other in a northern district 2022 primary and leave GOP Rep. Carol Miller without an incumbent opponent in the south.
The House map differs somewhat from the Senate version.
On the Senate map, District 2, the southern district, is bounded along its top by Jackson, Wirt, Ritchie, Gilmer, Braxton, Webster and Pocahontas counties.
The House map puts Ritchie in the north and Pendleton in the south.
The Senate map’s population deviation is .17%: 895,348 people in the north and 898,368 people in the south. The House map deviation is .09%: 897,649 people in the north and 896,067 people in the south.
The House Congressional map bill, HB 302, will be on second reading and subject to amendment Wednesday.
HB 301, the House district bill creating 100 single-member districts, was moved to third reading subject to amendments Wednesday and will be up for passage after amendments are approved. Delegates told The Dominion Post they were working on some tweaks for districts in their areas to incorporate into one amendment, and others are expected.
Following an 8 a.m. House Redistricting Committee public hearing on HB 301, the House will meet at 11 a.m. to take up both bills.
The Senate had both of its redistricting bills – SB 3033 for the Congressional map and HB 3034 for the Senate district map – on third reading for amendment and passage when it convenes Wednesday.
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