Senate Redistricting Map Submitted to Secretary of State
/The Judicial Redistricting Commission announced the public release of its redistricting plan and map for the Missouri Senate, and filed the plan with the Secretary of State on March 15.
According to District 12 Representative Josh Hurlbert, “Kearney and all of north and eastern Clay County is now in District 21 and will be represented by Sen. Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg beginning in January.” According to the redistricting map, Hoskins’ district also includes Ray, Lafayette, Saline, Howard and Cooper Counties.
“The Judicial Redistricting Commission deeply appreciates the input provided by citizens during our public hearing and through the website,” Judge Cynthia L. Martin, commission chair, said. “That input was thoughtfully considered, subject to the requirements of the Missouri Constitution that Senate districts be established using methods and criteria in an order of priority.”
Those criteria include:
Dividing population as equally as practicable;
Avoiding the denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race or color;
Creating districts that are as contiguous and compact as practicable;
Respecting political subdivision lines to the extent possible; and
Achieving calculable standards for partisan fairness and competitiveness.
“The Judicial Redistricting Commission’s work has been thorough and labor intensive, and was purposefully undertaken with the goal to file a constitutionally compliant plan and map well in advance of the commission’s constitutional deadline to avoid disenfranchising voters given the candidate filing deadline and the deadline for preparing ballots,” Martin said.
KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story
