CONCORD — The state’s two congressional districts could look different after the House Special Committee on Redistricting voted down party lines Tuesday to approve the Republicans’ proposal.
Under the plan approved 8-7, about one-quarter of the state’s population and 75 communities would shift congressional districts.
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