Wyandotte County would remain in the 3rd Congressional District, while all of Douglas County would be moved to the 2nd District under a new plan approved by the Kansas senate reapportionment committee Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Republican who represents the 2nd District, had lobbied senators to pull Wyandotte County into the large, rural 1st District with most of western Kansas. The committee instead approved a plan that moved Lawrence, which was previously divided between the 2nd and 3rd Districts, completely into the 2nd District.

A small portion of Leavenworth County would also be a part of the new 3rd District in the plan.

The plan will move to the full Senate for vote and possible revision. It could face further revision in the House, as well.

Riley County would be moved from the 2nd District to the 1st in the new plan along with Riley County, upsetting representatives from Manhattan who pushed to remain in the 2nd district.

“The only issue is that the Manhattan issue is a difficult one,” Sen. Ted Owens said.

“It wasn’t easy not doing what some of the folks there wanted to do, but I think we’ve done the best that we can do.”

The committee voted down a proposal from Sen. Mike Peterson which would have kept Riley County in the 2nd District, while moving half of Shawnee County, including part of Topeka, into the 1st District.