Redistricting
In 2011, Nebraska lawmakers moved Offutt Air Force Base and the town of Bellevue — an area with a large minority population — out of the Omaha-based 2nd District and shifted in the Republican-heavy Omaha suburbs in Sarpy County. The move was correctly expected to dilute the city's urban Democratic vote, a practice called Gerrymandering among its critics.
Nebraska State Senator Bob Krist of Omaha had said in defense of the redistricting that the switch would help ensure the future of Offutt by engaging two congressmen in the recurring fight to keep the base off a closing list.
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