Redistricting often leads to cannibalism for the minority party when new legislative maps come out.  Longtime colleagues and friends are often forced to fight one another to stay in office.  As we mentioned in recent days, that has become more unlikely for State Representative Avery Bourne who is set to enter a new legislative district that will also be occupied by Springfield incumbent Mike Murphy.  He has previously indicated that he would likely choose not to face Bourne if proposed maps remained in place and  he made the language more clear than ever.  He told a Springfield radio station he will not run against Bourne.  Murphy, the longtime owner of Springfield’s legendary Charlie Parker’s Diner, joined he legislature in 2019.