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Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting
Missouri Republicans combined a historically Black urban area with a rural town to gain a GOP seat, risking reduced federal resources for people of color, per local leaders.
- Missouri Republicans passed a new congressional map that pairs Kansas City's 18th and Vine with Boonville, Missouri, carving parts from U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat's district and stretching it into rural areas.
- Pressed by national GOP efforts, Missouri Republicans redrew boundaries mid-decade in response to President Donald Trump's push to gain another winnable seat, following a trend started by Texas.
- Residents and leaders point to stark differences: fewer than 11% of Boonville's residents are Black, while more than 64% are in 18th and Vine, with Trump winning 67% in Boonville but only 14% in 18th and Vine.
- Advocates warn that boundary changes shift which federal projects get attention and funding, and the map could reduce Missouri seats held by people of color from two to one.
- Amid competing demands, Kansas City leaders study a streetcar extension that attracted $174 million in federal funds, while Boonville seeks help to restore the 1932 Katy Bridge for cyclists.
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Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting
The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district.
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