Missouri House votes to perfect redistricting bill, sets final vote for Tuesday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Missouri House of Representatives voted Monday night to advance a redistricting map that would alter Kansas City’s congressional map.

The vote, which was perfected at 89-63, sets a final vote for Tuesday in Jefferson City.

The new map is said to split up the Kansas City area, currently represented by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver. The split aims to create seven districts likely to vote Republican and only one likely to vote Democratic.

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House Speaker Jonathan Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit) voted no. Patterson was one of 12 Republicans who voted against the redistricting.

“Strategy-wise, Dems don’t have a whole lot of tools in our toolbelt in terms of stopping this redistricting process,” Minority Leader Rep. Ashley Aune said Monday. “Our strategy is to give voice to the dissent that’s happening in this state.”