Street view of the Iowa state Capitol in De Moines. | Google Streets
Street view of the Iowa state Capitol in De Moines. | Google Streets
The Iowa House recently approved new congressional district boundaries that are likely to create competitive seats for the foreseeable future.
Bloomberg Government tweeted Nov. 1 that the move positions the Republicans to do well in next year’s election.
“Iowa’s Republican-controlled state legislature approved a new congressional map that gives the GOP an opportunity to win all four House districts in the 2022 election,” the news organization wrote.
State Sen. Roby Smith (R-Davenport) said that the new map is far from perfect and “did not address every concern raised with the initial plan.”
“However, it did improve on the average population deviation and some of the compactness measures for the four congressional districts and the 150 legislative districts,” he said.
Politico reported that the new congressional maps for the state includes three competitive districts with the map largely keeping districts in the state as they are, giving the GOP a chief opportunity to sweep all the congressional districts.
The new maps would set the tone for politics for the next decade in the state, according to the Des Moines Register.
The newspaper reported that Republicans, who constitute the majority in both chambers of state’s legislature, applauded the maps, along with the agency's work in drawing them.
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