Redistricting: Dramatic changes

Friday, December 2, 2011

There were some major changes in local senate and house districts when a panel of Missouri appeals court judges released the redrawn districts Wednesday. The changes will take effect in 2013, but will affect the 2012 elections. One of the biggest changes was removing Butler County and Poplar Bluff from Senate District 25 and adding Scott County. The new District 25 dropped Butler and Ripley Counties and added Scott, Bollinger and Mississippi Counties. The new district consists of eight counties. The other counties are Stoddard, Wayne, New Madrid, Dunklin and Pemiscot.

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