Jeff Smith: Dirty Tricks: On Race, Redistricting, and Stalking Horses

Last week I wrote about congressional redistricting, and the messy inter- and intra-party hostility it engenders – and is currently sparking in my home state of Missouri.

Congressman Russ Carnahan

And as hypothesized, more hostility developed in Missouri following the Legislature's override of Governor Nixon's veto of the map. Because Missouri lost a seat during the apportionment process, the new map divides up Congressman Russ Carnahan's district among four other districts, and Rep. Carnahan h...