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Black lawmakers pump brakes on Illinois redistricting [View all]
Source: Punchbowl News
The Illinois Senate Black Caucus issued a public warning Wednesday for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats pushing redistricting in the state.
The message: The caucus will not support any map proposal that dilutes the Black vote in historically Black districts.
Black state lawmakers huddled this morning with Reps. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) and local Black aldermen to discuss the looming redistricting, per Illinois Senate Black Caucus Chair Willie Preston.
Read more: https://punchbowl.news/article/house/black-lawmakers-illinois-redistricting/
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