PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are starting the once-a-decade process of redrawing electoral maps that will determine how voters pick state representatives, state senators and members of Congress for the next five election cycles. In a normal redistricting year, the weekslong task would already be underway, if not completed. But the coronavirus pandemic caused delays in the release of U.S. Census Bureau data required to draw new maps. The redistricting data was released Thursday, four months later than expected. Steady population growth is giving Oregon greater national political clout. The state got an additional U.S. House seat for the first time in 40 years.
Oregon lawmakers begin redistricting as census data released
