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Redistricting plans: how they compare

Here’s a look at how two proposed redistricting plans compare with Minnesota’s current eight congressional districts.

Here’s a look at how two proposed redistricting plans compare with Minnesota’s current eight congressional districts. Here are the plan released today by the Citizens’ Redistricting Commission and the plan drafted by the Republican-controlled Legislature that was vetoed earlier this year by Gov. Mark Dayton.

Current Minnesota congressional districts

2002 Minnesota congressional districts
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Rejected plan drafted by the Republican-controlled Legislature

Rejected plan drafted by the Republican-controlled Legislature
www.gis.leg.mn

Redistricting plan proposed by the nonpartisan Citizens’ Redistricting Commission

Redistricting plan proposed by the nonpartisan Citizens' Redistricting Commission
Source: The Citizens’ Redistricting Commission

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