State Sen. Rick Brattin was selected by voters during last week's primary election as the Republican candidate for Missouri's 5th Congressional District, a seat currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II.
The 5th District is expected to lean more Republican under newly drawn congressional maps. Brattin talked about policy, the new maps and Cleaver on KCUR's Up To Date with Steve Kraske.
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