Four West Virginia officials, all Democrats, had signaled earlier this week that they would take their case to the Supreme Court, arguing that the judiciary should respect the legislature’s map.
{mosads}In a release, the state’s governor, secretary of state and heads of the West Virginia Senate and House said that they would ask for an immediate stay on the lower court ruling.
“As I have consistently maintained, redistricting is by its very nature a legislative function,” Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said in a statement.
“The Senate president and I are confident that the congressional redistricting plan, which was adopted overwhelmingly by the legislature, with bipartisan support, meets all constitutional requirements,” House Speaker Richard Thompson added.
In other redistricting news, a court-appointed official in Connecticut made minor changes to that state’s five congressional districts in a draft report released Friday.