SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Republican leadership stripped Springfield State Senator Lincoln Hough chairperson position on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

State Senator Hough and State Senator Mike Moon of Ash Grove joined nine Democrats on Friday to vote against the new congressional map. Missouri’s redistricting plan would give Republicans an improved chance to win seven of the state’s eight U.S. House seats, which is one more than they currently hold. The plan targets a Kansas City district held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver by stretching it eastward into Republican-heavy rural areas and reducing the number of Black and minority voters in the district. Other parts of Kansas City would be added to two predominantly rural districts represented by Republicans.

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