ST. PAUL, MN –  Today Senate Republicans released their proposed maps for the redistricting process. Based on non-partisan metric scores the Senate GOP maps meet or beat House DFL maps in Minority Opportunity District, political subdivisions (cities and counties) splits, and compactness. 

The chart below illustrates the non-partisan scoring of Senate districts compared to the House DFL maps.

The proposed Senate map includes fewer county splits overall (38 in the Senate GOP vs. 44 county splits in the House DFL), fewer city/town splits for Senate Districts (136 splits in the Senate GOP map vs. 140 in House DFL) and fewer city/town splits in House Districts (178 in Senate GOP maps vs. 192 in House DFL maps). The Senate map also includes the same number of Minority Opportunity Districts as the DFL proposal (10), and scores better on three of the five compactness ratings.

The Senate Republican maps include 12 pairings of Senate incumbents, and 12 open Senate seats. Three Senate districts pair a Republican and a Democrat incumbent, three pair Republican incumbents, six pair Democrat incumbents. The boundaries for legislative House districts result in 15 open seats, four Republican and Democrat incumbent pairings, three Republican parings, and eight Democrat parings. 

The Senate GOP maps draw the same congressional boundaries as the House GOP proposed maps. 

Senator Mark Johnson (R-East Grand Forks), Chair of the Redistricting Committee, said, “I want to thank everyone who provided input and shared their thoughts on how to best represent Minnesotans on these maps. We weighed many factors and these maps meet the principles and precedent heard in my committee for the redistricting process. I look forward to working with my fellow colleagues in the legislature to continue working on this important responsibility.”

Maps can be found on the Legislative Coordinating Commission Redistricting website.