Oklahoma senators met in Clinton Tuesday evening to discuss the redistricting for the Oklahoma senator districts.
In attendance was Oklahoma Sen. Brent Howard who is senator for district 38 which includes all of Custer County.
Every 10 years the Legislature is constitutionally required to redraw Oklahoma’s legislative and congressional district boundaries to reflect population changes following the decennial census. The redistricting is required to be done by May 28, 2021. Congressional redistricting has no deadline, but the legislature aims to complete its work in time for the 2022 elections.
“The census is taken every 10 years. We only have preliminary numbers which come from an estimate from former years. Preliminary numbers we have show the urban areas have grown by about 130,000 people. All of the rural districts will shift where the population growth is represented. As far as local areas, Weatherford was the only area in District 38 which grew,” Sen. Brent Howard said.
Districts for the Oklahoma House of Representatives are being changed as well. District 57 Rep. Anthony Moore recently attended a presentation in Woodward.
“We’re in the public comment phase. We’re trying to get feedback from the public to get the input they have. It’s still very early to tell what my district will look like until about April 1. So far it looks like district 57 is the only district west of highway 81 that has grown,” Rep. Anthony Moore said.