Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen ‘open’ to mid-decade redistricting

LINCOLN, Neb. ( Nebraska Examiner ) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, like a number of governors nationally, says he would be open to redrawing the state’s congressional maps in the middle of the decade.

The governor said so during an Examiner interview as White House talk of Nebraska redistricting has cooled — for now. Pillen’s embrace of the idea appears less bullish than his pushes to alter how the state awards its Electoral College votes for president.

“I’m open to all kinds of conversations,” Pillen said. “Obviously, a couple of states have done redistricting. It was done before I became governor, so that was off my radar … I’ve just not paid attention to how all that works.”

Nebraska, like other states, typically redistricts once a decade after the U.S. Census has finished providing p