Congressman Cleaver Campaigns Despite Redistricting Drama

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The veteran politician, who will turn 82 the week before Election Day, isn’t facing a standard reelection: All of those past races have been in Cleaver’s Kansas City backyard. This time, he’s facing the prospect of having to stump for votes from Kansas City to Columbia.

That’s because Cleaver was target No. 1 in this year’s mid-decade redistricting effort by the Missouri General Assembly, part of a national battle between the Democratic and Republican parties to gain political advantage in November’s midterm elections. In Missouri, where Republicans hold the levers of power, they are hoping to replace one of the two Democrats who currently represent the state in Washington with another Republican.

So far, Missouri’s courts have denied Democrats’ efforts to block the redistricting. But Cleaver is pinning his hopes on a last-ditch effort that will allow him to keep his Kansas City-centered district. For now, Cleaver is focusing on the area he currently represents and not plotting how to win votes in unfamiliar territory.

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Missouri's Emanuel Cleaver is running for reelection. Where, though, is uncertain * Missouri Independent