Court battle looms over KC precinct listed twice in Missouri’s new congressional map

Photo: Missouri State Capitol Building in Jefferson City, Missouri – January 13, 2016. Photo credit: Ethan Weston via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Rudi Keller. Missouri Independent – September 18, 2025.

Gov. Mike Kehoe went on the offensive Wednesday against critics of the new congressional map approved by Missouri lawmakers, issuing a statement seeking to rebut charges that one Kansas City precinct was accidentally placed in two different districts. The ACLU of Missouri, in a case filed last week in Jackson County, argues that the bill approved in a special session improperly designates a voting district of Kansas City to both the 4th Congressional District and the 5th District. While the lawsuit claims that alone should result […]

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