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pstokely

(10,812 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:06 AM Jul 29

Missouri Republicans are talking about a redistricting push to help Trump, GOP

Source: STL Post Dispatch

The General Assembly is not in session during the summer months. The September veto session could provide lawmakers the opportunity to take up the issue without the need for Kehoe to call them into a special session before then.

The target is Missouri’s 5th Congressional district, held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City. A new map presumably would leave U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell as the lone remaining Democrat in the delegation because his St. Louis-based district is protected by the Voting Rights Act.

There are warning signs about the initiative from both Republicans and Democrats, who say a redistricting maneuver could result in a fractured Missouri Senate and lengthy litigation.

“If attempted, I would envision a protracted court battle,” said John Hancock, a former chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.

Read more: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_8443009f-d9a2-4ec9-8e9f-811d5174141d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

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Missouri Republicans are talking about a redistricting push to help Trump, GOP (Original Post) pstokely Jul 29 OP
Great! We need more of those really skinny, long, Chile-shaped Congressionl districts.... Mark.b2 Jul 29 #1
as if the republinazis are really concerned about lawsuits lol nt msongs Jul 29 #2

Mark.b2

(621 posts)
1. Great! We need more of those really skinny, long, Chile-shaped Congressionl districts....
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:21 AM
Jul 29

One thing AI could easily do is draw Congressional district maps that dont resemble a bowl of spaghetti and produce districts that keep regions, communities and related constituencies intact sans tentacles, isthmuses and barbell shapes.

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