The Oklahoma Legislature convened today, for the planned special session to finally set the district boundaries for our 5 congressional seats. The proposal before the House & Senate will give the Oklahoma City metro area to 3 congressional districts. While the 4th congressional district (held by Tom Cole) did claim a few square miles around the Tinker Air Base in Midwest City, now the 3rd Congressional District(held by Frank Lucas) is going to carry most of SW Oklahoma County. In exchange for that large population shift, Congressional District 5 (held by Stephanie Bice) is going to expand into Logan, Lincoln, and Canadian Counties. This adjustment is very close to the proposal advocated by Sooner Politics, with the slight twist being that CD3 will now have a part of Oklahoma City, instead of CD4 taking more of the county and releasing more rural counties to CD3. |
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