By Jim Misunasjmisunas@gbtribune.comHUTCHINSON — A letter from Pawnee County commission chairperson Kathy Bowman requested a special legislative committee place Pawnee County into one Kansas House district rather than split the county down the middle.Pawnee County is represented by Mitch Holmes, R-St. John; and Larry Powell, R-Garden City, because the county is split at U.S. 183. Holmes represents Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford, Edwards counties and one township in Reno County. Powell represents Hodgeman, Edwards, Finney, Ness and Pawnee counties.Larned’s Kim Barnes read a letter signed by Bowman Tuesday during a public meeting for a committee responsible for redrawing the Kansas House, Senate and congressional maps.
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