With the veto session in the rearview mirror, one area that has been a huge topic of conversation has been redistricting. House Democrats voted to pass the fourth and final version of a congressional map around midnight on the final day of the Veto Session. The House held no committee hearing on the final map, took no testimony from advocates, and gave legislators and the public no time to look at the map.
State Representative Avery Bourne says that House Bill 1291 will give Democrats a 14-3 majority instead of the 13-5 majority that we see right now.
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon says that Democrats “chose to unite communities of interest that shared political philosophies and policy objectives, and I think that’s the theme all across the map.” View the map here.