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Norvell Emerson: “How can the gentleman say there is no example if, in fact, two-thirds of my district was going to be tied up?”

On the recordJuly 15, 1997
How can the gentleman say there is no example if, in fact, two-thirds of my district was going to be tied up?
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Norvell Emerson
Republican · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about district impacts during a debate.

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