Greene County Circuit Clerk Tom Barr has launched a campaign for to serve southeast Springfield in the newly redrawn HD 137.
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"We need to elect a state representative that will fight to keep the Northland a great place to live and work."
Businesswoman Sherri Gallick has formed her candidate committee to run for state representative.
Mayor Brian Steele recently won a recall election in November 2021 with over 75 percent of the vote.
The House third read and passed the redistricting bill — with the only changes being made in committee — in an 86-67 vote.
The bill seeks to increase the threshold of voter passage of initiative petitions to two-thirds instead of a simple majority.
"Residents in the affected districts will be represented only by their state senator as lawmakers take crucial votes on spending, abortion, and congressional redistricting."
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic threw the address into a kerfuffle as the Governor’s Office and legislature had to scramble to relocate at the eleventh hour.
Sen. Rick Brattin is hoping to add Congress to his list of elected positions.