The Illinois Senate Black Caucus issued a public warning Wednesday for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats pushing redistricting in the state.
The message: The caucus will not support any map proposal that dilutes the Black vote in historically Black districts.
Black state lawmakers huddled this morning with Reps. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) and local Black aldermen to discuss the looming redistricting, per Illinois Senate Black Caucus Chair Willie Preston.
In an interview after the meeting, Preston summed up their position:
