LINCOLN- The June special election in which Mike Flood was victorious used the updated redistricting maps from 2021 rather than the 2020 maps. This means that some voters from this special election won't be represented by Flood until January, pending another Flood victory in November.

State law calls for the use of the new redistricting maps, but congressional rules define constituents based on the maps that were used in 2020.

If Flood loses in November, some of the people in his district won’t ever have him be the person who represents their voice in Washington.

State legislators moved roughly 10% of Don Bacon's old district into the district conducting the special election. This shift created confusion for some constituents and disallows Flood from doing mailing or robocalls in the newly moved portion.

Deputy secretary of state for elections, Wayne Bena, said, "Both the campaigns and everyone was in the know about what we were doing,” he said. “And everybody was in agreement that this was what we had to do based upon our laws.”

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