Jacob Turk, a candidate to represent Missouri's 5th Congressional District, running against Emanuel Cleaver, says the new redistricting map draws his house out of the district.

Turk, who has lived in the district for over 30 years, issued a statement today decrying the new map. Cleaver fired off his own rebuttal to Turk's comment.

Just last Friday, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the new Congressional District plan for Missouri.

Turk said his supporters have felt that the new District 5 was conspicuously drawn around Jacob and Donna Turk's home in Lee's Summit.

“I should be happy because the demographics of the new 5th District make it statistically more competitive for us to defeat Cleaver in November," Turk said in his statement.

"We saved for a long time to pay off our home and afford a modest remodel of our kitchen. We did most of the work ourselves. Now we will have to move less than a mile away to be back in the District I lived in for 30 years. It is sad the political class would hurt so many people to try and scare me away from opposing Cleaver."

Turk said he agreed with one judge's dissenting opinion that the new plan is not good for any of the citizens around Kansas City who are in new districts.

But Cleaver issued his own statement in response: “I am saddened that anyone would resort to fact-free and baseless accusations to try and mislead the constituents of Missouri’s Fifth District. It is unfortunate that one of my Republican opponents is unhappy with redistricting, which was controlled by the Republican-led Missouri legislature and affirmed by the highest court of the state. For my part, I will continue working for all constituents, existing and new."

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