According to public reporting, Republican legislative leadership is seriously considering calling a special session of the legislature to enact new congressional district maps. As I will not call a special session for mid-decade redistricting, Republican leadership would have to rely on a petition. “As imperfect as the last redistricting process was, legislative leadership held 18 public meetings. “That is why I am calling on legislative leadership to host town halls prior to circulating a petition for a special session. “Discussions about a special session and redistricting must be brought out from behind closed doors and into the public domain.”###Developing .