Federal court likely to redraw Central WA Latino-majority district

This announcement ran counter to the wishes of Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia who earlier this week urged the Legislature to reconvene the Commission. 

Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik ruled in favor of Latino voters in Central Washington who filed suit over the 15th Legislative District, agreeing that despite meeting the required percentage of Latino voters, the district was drawn in a way that dilutes their voting power. Lasnik’s ruling in Palmer v. Hobbs called for state lawmakers to reconvene the Commission to redraw the boundary, or the court would choose a new map.

In a joint written statement from Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins,

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