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Title: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: Chris_ on March 31, 2011, 08:52:59 AM
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MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District

A map submitted for consideration of the House Redistricting Committee by its chair, Rep. John Diehl, R-Town and Country, shows the congressional district currently represented by Congressman Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, absorbed by the three congressional districts that currently border it…

…The map also shifts northwest Missouri congressman Sam Graves’ district to include almost every county north of the Missouri River from the western border of the state to the eastern border.

Another significant shift appears to have been made in mid-Missouri where the city of Columbia and Boone County, traditional Democratic strongholds, have been shifted out of the district represented by current Ninth District Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer and placed into the district of freshman U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville.
Ozark's First (http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=431676) via Gateway Pundit (http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/03/buh-bye-russ-mo-redistricting-map-eliminates-carnahan-district/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gatewaypundit2+%28Gateway+Pundit%29&utm_content=FaceBook)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: franksolich on March 31, 2011, 08:57:13 AM
I forget.

Did Missouri lose a congressional seat in this census?
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: Chris_ on March 31, 2011, 08:59:18 AM
They did.
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Missouri loses one congressional district in 2013 as the result of the reapportionment process that took place after the 2010 U.S. Census.

Does it take three years to do redistricting?  When do the new districts take effect? 2014?

That's a long time to wait.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: franksolich on March 31, 2011, 09:02:09 AM
They did.

Thanks, sir: I wasn't sure.

With the (R)s in control of so many state legislatures, due to the gross incompetence and corruption of (D)s everywhere, I think there's possibilities, even if a state hasn't lost a seat or two, of realigning congressional districts so as to make them more rational.

I wondered if Missouri was one of those, seeking geographic rationality in districts.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on March 31, 2011, 09:02:33 AM
Throwing Columbia into Hartzler's district isn't good for her, it was held by a D (Skelton) for many, many years before she won in a surprising upset this term.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: franksolich on March 31, 2011, 09:03:35 AM
Does it take three years to do redistricting?  When do the new districts take effect? 2014?

That's a long time to wait.

No, they have to be done for the elections of 2012, no later.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: franksolich on March 31, 2011, 09:08:41 AM
Throwing Columbia into Hartzler's district isn't good for her, it was held by a D (Skelton) for many, many years before she won in a surprising upset this term.

We have a situation here in Nebraska, which didn't lose any seats, where the pink 1st congressional district (Jeff Fortenberry) becomes deep red, with the addition of western Omaha (thus diluting the effect of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln), and the 2nd congressional district (Lee Terry) goes from pink to neutral.

But conventional wisdom at the moment insists the 2nd district will remain red, at least for 2012.

That is, unless Omaha Steve from Skins's island jumps into the race.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: Eupher on March 31, 2011, 03:09:14 PM
Throwing Columbia into Hartzler's district isn't good for her, it was held by a D (Skelton) for many, many years before she won in a surprising upset this term.

Yeah, but it puts Jeff City in Luetkemeyer's district (where I'm at) which makes things interesting.

There are a helluva lot of moonbats in Columbia, that's for sure.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: Rebel on March 31, 2011, 03:11:23 PM
Yeah, but it puts Jeff City in Luetkemeyer's district (where I'm at) which makes things interesting.

There are a helluva lot of moonbats in Columbia, that's for sure.

Liberals tend to......live in clusters.
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: DefiantSix on March 31, 2011, 03:24:52 PM
Liberals tend to......live in clusters.

I believe they prefer to call 'em "communes".  :-)
Title: Re: MO Redistricting Map Eliminates Carnahan District
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on March 31, 2011, 04:40:42 PM
Liberals tend to......live in clusters.

It's a lot like my old hometown in Indiana...modest-sized city with its affairs and electorate dominated by a very large land-grant university.