Emanuel Cleaver: “That is scary, at least to me. It is frightening to me.”

For more than a year, state officials have spent precious time, energy, and resources on an effort to silence the voices of Missouri voters and steal a congressional seat.

The joy, I think, now is generated by the fact that the people won this battle.

I think my reelection prospects shot up significantly.

More than 305,000 Missourians demanded a say in who will represent them in the halls of Congress. Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won. This reaffirms that the…