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Jan. 26, 2022Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

GOP map ties 'woke' Kansas enclave to Trump-loving areas

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in Kansas are close to passing a congressional redistricting plan that ties a community known for its "woke" politics to Trump-loving small towns and farms five or hours more west by car on the expansive plains.

Lawrence is a city of nearly 95,000 people in northeast Kansas that's home to the main University of Kansas campus and it has a reputation for liberal politics.

It would become part of the sprawling district for western and central Kansas. And it would join counties where former President Donald Trump received more than 80% of the vote in 2020. Democrats don't have the political strength to prevent the plan's passage.