Illinois Republicans ask Pritzker to veto legislative maps

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Illinois Republicans want Gov. J.B. Pritzker to veto the legislative maps Democrats passed this week.

Maps drafted in May were passed by majority Democrats at the statehouse. Despite calls from civic groups asking that lawmakers wait until the final Census data was released, Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted the maps. Republicans criticized the governor for going against his campaign promise to veto partisan legislative maps.

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