A GOP-chaired House committee on redistricting has released the first map showing how Missouri鈥檚 congressional districts may soon look.
Missouri , dropping from nine to eight, based on figures from the .
The House version of the congressional map eliminates what鈥檚 currently the Third District, represented by , and places the entire city of St. Louis and most of North County into the First District, represented by .
The rest of the St. Louis area would fall into districts currently represented by Republicans: , and . (R, Town and Country) chairs the House Redistricting Committee:
鈥淭his map was not drawn in a back room with a bunch of congressmen getting together (and) agreeing on something, okay?" Diehl said. "We considered everybody鈥檚 input and then tried to draw a map which was fair.鈥�
Diehl says he expects a committee vote on the map early next week. (D, Kansas City) is the House Minority Floor Leader.
"Obviously it is always going to be unfortunate when they target a member of, for me, the Democratic delegation," Talboy said. "If I was targeting a member of their delegation, they would probably feel the same way.鈥�
Other changes would place virtually all of northern Missouri under the district represented by Republican . The district represented by would lose the conservative-leaning State Capital, Jefferson City, and pick up the liberal-leaning college town of Columbia.
The is expected to release its redistricting proposal next week.
