Historical March 1992 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
After every census, district lines must be redrawn for congressional seats. the state senate and house, and the aldermanic wards.
The new lines reflect population changes.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood will remain part of the 1st Congressional District whose incumbent is William L. Clay, Sr. Similarly, our entire neighborhood lies within the 4th Missouri Senatorial District that now stretches from West Florissant to Chippewa and from city limits to Grand in the south, Boyle in the central corridor, and Shreve in the north. William L. Clay, Jr. is the incumbent.
However, the Missouri House districts and the St. Louis aldermanic wards still face hurdles and their fate is not certain.
The maps, as adopted, have been challenged in U.S. District Court by coalitions of black elected officials who allege that the maps should be redrawn to allow for an increased number of minority officeholders. Because our neighborhood lies in two aldermanic wards and because the state representative district is quite different from 1980’s, we are printing the new districts as they stand in this issue. Although it is not certain, it is likely that the state representative districts pictured here will be used in the August primary and general election. Similarly, it is expected that the ward boundaries shown here will be used in the election of our committeeman and committeewoman in the August primary.
These maps show the outer boundaries of the house district and wards.
If changes do occur, they will be published in the TIMES as expeditiously as possible.
Original photograph caption
Original 1992 Ward 28 map, provisional pending court challenges described in the article. Illustrator not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1992.
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