An ag lobbyist says population losses in remote communities will reduce the rural flavor in Michigan’s legislature following this year’s redistricting.

Jeff McAlvey with McAlvey Merchant & Associates says the main goal of redistricting was to balance partisan divisions while honoring communities of interest.

“Many of the districts stretch out in what I would call funky ways,” he says.

He says rural voters will likely be overshadowed by the mix of urban areas shared in some districts.

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