Reapportionment Committee adopts senate maps unanimously after bipartisan pact

The Reapportionment Committee adopted new state senate district maps by a 9-0 roll call vote, moving the maps forward after members described the redistricting process as bipartisan and collaborative.

The chair opened the meeting by praising Connecticut’s approach to redistricting and thanking members and staff. “It’s truly a bipartisan effort,” the chair said, adding that the commission had “great collaboration, cooperation, discussions” and that the process “should be emulated throughout the country.” Several members echoed that view and thanked staffers by name for their work.

Senator Looney moved to adopt the senate maps; Senator Duff seconded the motion. The clerk conducted a roll call in which the named members voted yes, producing a tally of nine yes, zero no. “The ayes have it, and the maps are adopted,” the chair announced.

Members said the agreement will guide the next 10 years of elections and emphasized the difficulty of drawing lines even when statewide population shifts are small. John McKinney, the committee’s former senate Republican caucus leader, told the record he had not been needed to reach the compromise and praised the members’ work.

Next steps noted at the meeting included a brief follow-up with staff to confirm procedural questions about congressional maps and any possible deadlines. The committee did not take further substantive votes at the meeting.