(Des Moines) State Representative Tom Moore, of Griswold, will have a new district to represent in 2022.
Iowa lawmakers are approving the second set of redistricting maps to reset the congressional and state legislative districts based on the 2020 Census. Moore says under the new map he’ll be in District 18 instead of District 21 and his territory will shift away from the east and more to the south. “Instead of having Adams and Union County and part of Pott, I now have all of Cass County and Montgomery and almost all of Page County. The only part I don’t have is the Southeast Corner which includes Clarinda, and Shambaugh, and that area.”
Moore sees the new district as a great fit. “I think it’s a great district for me. It’s even more compact than my last district was. I don’t have as much travel to do. It really will be a nice district.”
The house passed the second version of redistricting plans 93-2 on Thursday. The first redistricting proposal failed to pass out of the Senate. Republicans who control the Senate asked for a second plan that was more compact with better population differences.
Governor Kim Reynolds said in a statement that she believes these new districts will fairly and accurately represent the citizens of Iowa for the next decade.
