US House Redistricting: Washington

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A majority-minority congressional district is being proposed -I'd curious to see how everyone here would draw it:

Activists propose 'majority minority' congressional district for Washington

By Jim Brunner
Seattle Times political reporter

As work begins on reshaping Washington's congressional-district boundaries, some local activists want to see the state create a district that — for the first time — would be more than half minority.

That could be done, just barely, by combining Southeast Seattle with the suburbs south of the city, where the minority population has exploded over the past decade.

The Win/Win Network, a nonprofit group, drew up the potential "majority people of color" district and plans to submit it to the Washington State Redistricting Commission, the bipartisan panel charged with redrawing the state's political map this year.

"The intent is really to increase representation for communities of color," said George Cheung, director of the liberal-leaning organization.

The new district would stretch from Southeast Seattle to Federal Way. It would follow the boundaries of several legislative districts: the 11th, 30th, 33rd, 37th and 47th.