Reynolds signs redistricting plan into law; political jockeying begins - Quad City Times

DES MOINES — Let the political musical chairs begin now that the lines have been drawn to demarcate Iowa’s new congressional and legislative districts for the next decade beginning with the 2022 elections.

Gov. Kim Reynolds made it official by signing into law the voluminous bill that lawmakers approved last week in special session on a bipartisan basis under Iowa’s nonpartisan redistricting process that is considered a model for the nation.

“I am confident in how the process played out — just as the law intended, and I believe these new districts will fairly and accurately represent the citizens of Iowa for the next decade,’ Reynolds said after signing Senate File 621 Thursday evening.

The new political boundaries place two congressional incumbents — both Reps. Cindy Axne, D-West Des Moines, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Ottumwa — in Iowa’s reconfigured 3rd Congressional District. Neither incumbent has announced future plans after large parts of the 2nd District Miller-Meeks currently represents are now located in the redrawn 1st and 3rd districts. Likewise, there are numerous state legislators who now reside in future election districts shared by other incumbents from the same or opposite political parties.

Thousands of Iowans will have different lawmakers representing their interests at the Statehouse in Des Moines and the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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