From AP

Oklahoma’s incoming state House speaker named a steering committee on Thursday that will oversee the redrawing of state and federal legislative boundaries after the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data is released.

House Speaker-designate Kris Steele appointed five Republicans and three Democrats, each from a different region of the state.

“We want to ensure that this process is bipartisan and fair as we construct appropriate districts to reflect the changing population of our state,” said Steele, R-Shawnee. “They represent a good cross-section of the state and are politically and geographically diverse.”

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