RALEIGH — The first drawings are out for N.C. House and Senate district boundaries for the next decade.

The Republican chairmen of the Legislature’s redistricting committees released Friday proposed maps for about one-quarter of the General Assembly’s 170 seats. Most of them are designed to create an environment whereby minority voters can elect the candidates of their choice, in keeping with federal voting laws.

The drafted House districts would appear to place Democratic Reps. Michael Wray of Northampton County and Annie Mobley of Hertford County in the same district. A Senate district in Forsyth County also would place incumbent Democrat Linda Garrou into another district.

A public hearing on the proposal will be held Thursday. The N.C. General Assembly will vote on complete legislative and congressional maps next month.