Farmers and ranchers in Kansas will be losing state representation according to latest census data.
Greg Doering with Kansas Farm Bureau says there has been a population shift and when political boundaries are redrawn, rural legislative districts will expand. “In the more urban areas, we’re going to see those districts shrink and that means that there’s going to be more districts in those urban areas and there are just going to be fewer people who can speak to rural issues in the state house in Topeka.”
The data shows western and southeastern counties saw the greatest population decline with northeastern counties growing.
