Lawmakers make one last stab at redrawing Missouri’s congressional map

Failure to pass a map before May 13 will likely lead to federal courts redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts.
With just seven days remaining in the Missouri legislative session, lawmakers are making one last attempt to redraw the state’s eight congressional districts.

The process of overhauling the state’s congressional map has faltered over the past months over a variety of issues, from where to put the state’s military bases to how to revamp the St. Louis area-based 2nd District. The filing deadline already passed, and candidates for Congress are unclear about which voters they should be courting.

On Wednesday, a House committee overseeing redistricting advanced a new plan that makes several notable changes to plans that the House and Senate passed earlier in the session. The latest plan includes: