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Thu Nov 25, 2021, 02:28 PM Nov 2021

Proposed political map links cities from Monroe to Wenatchee





SULTAN — Residents of Monroe, Sultan, Gold Bar and Index loom as the solution to the state’s redistricting math problems.

But it means their future state representatives could hail from Chelan, Dryden and East Wenatchee.

And some of those Snohomish County residents also could wind up with a congresswoman from Sammamish instead of the one they have now, from Medina.

Here’s why.



One requirement for the state Redistricting Commission was to redraw boundaries of Washington’s 49 legislative and 10 congressional districts in a way that creates districts nearly equal in population.

That proved challenging. Since the last redistricting in 2011, a lot more people moved in west of the Cascades than east. To achieve numeric equity for legislative districts, the commission’s four voting members — two Democrats and two Republicans — found themselves needing to somehow shift roughly 60,000 people into districts east of the Cascades.

Commissioners settled on moving Monroe, Sultan, Gold Bar and Index out of the 39th Legislative District and into a reconfigured 12th District that would straddle the mountains. Those communities would be united with ones along Highway 2 in Chelan County, including Leavenworth, Cashmere, Dryden and Wenatchee. Today, the 12th District legislators are Reps. Mike Steele of Chelan and Keith Goehner of Dryden, and Sen. Brad Hawkins of East Wenatchee. All three are Republicans.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/proposed-political-map-links-cities-from-monroe-to-wenatchee/

All maps are proposed redistricting.
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