Missouri Supreme Court upholds gerrymandered congressional map for August primary

Collage: (left) Kansas City, Missouri – May 16, 2022 by David Brossard via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. (middle) Emanuel Cleaver – September 6, 2018 by US House Office of Photography via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. (right) Jefferson City, Missouri by Sarah Minor / USDA via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Article by Rudi Keller. Missouri Independent – May 12, 2026.

The unanimous rulings hand Republicans a legal victory in their push to use a new map aimed at unseating Kansas City Democrat Emanuel Cleaver

A congressional map drawn last year in a special session is constitutional and will be used in the August primary because it is uncertain whether a referendum petition seeking to repeal it will succeed, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. […]

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