Source: Barry Smith, KINSTON FREE PRESS, 7/29/11

State lawmakers edged closer to completing their work on three new redistricting plans that would put new political maps in place for the 2012 elections. By night’s end Wednesday, Republican-backed plans to redraw the state’s 13 congressional districts along with the 50 state Senate and 120 state House districts were etched into law.

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