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Commission fails to agree on lawmakers’ district lines

Outside temperatures might be hitting their January lows, but June’s heat and humidity aren’t too far away.

Nor are June’s political primaries — those all-important preliminary contests that determine a party’s slate for next November’s ballots. Yet the boundaries of the congressional and state legislative districts remain a mystery for would-be candidates.

That includes a measure of uncertainty for voters in the congressional contest that comprises Otsego County.






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