PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers have approved a redistricting plan for state and federal elections that protected incumbents and didn’t make wholesale changes to the state’s contested second congressional district.
The new maps passed 58-8 in the House and 29-9 in the Senate on Tuesday. They now go to Gov. Dan McKee to sign into law.
The state constitution calls for the General Assembly to reapportion state and congressional districts after each 10-year federal census.
Although some district boundaries changed, no incumbent General Assembly members were placed in the same district, where they would have to run against each other.
