Redistricting Talks Continue

Missouri Senate President Dave Schatz says lawmakers are still trying to find a compromise on a Congressional redistricting plan. The session-long delay has centered around a group of hard-line Senate Republicans who think the districts should be made up of seven Republican strongholds and one likely Democratic seat. Most Republicans say that is not a fair representation of the state’s political makeup and they support six Republican-leaning districts and two Democratic ones. Schatz is a Republican from eastern Missouri’s Sullivan.

Congressional districts are reconfigured every ten years to reflect new Census data.