Lawmakers wade into redistricting without key data More than a dozen hearings planned over next six months Matt Murphy State House News Service BOSTON — By most accounts, the redistricting process 10 years ago was a huge success. The district maps produced by legislative leaders avoided challenges in federal court for the first time in decades and most stakeholders walked away feeling heard. Despite losing a Congressional seat, the Legislature created double the number of majority-minority districts in the Massachusetts House and established the newly drawn U.S. House district now held by U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley — the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.