By KY3 Staff | Published: Jan. 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – A Missouri state representative introduced a resolution on the first day of the legislative session to begin impeachment proceedings against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins.
State Representative Will Jobe directed the House to initiate an investigation into Secretary of State Hoskins’ handling of a redistricting referendum petition. According to the group People Not Politicians, the petition drive gathered more than 300,000 signatures.
The petition would put a redrawn congressional map before voters in November. Jobe claims Hoskins purposefully did not count a third of the signatures.
Secretary of State Hoskins countered that he is working within the law.
“The signatures that were collected before October 14, they had been collected before I certified that language,” Secretary of State Hoskins said. “And so, they don’t count. We are preserving those and setting those aside. But we’re not counting those unless we get an official court order that those have to be counted.”
The issue of those signatures is currently being debated in a Cole County court case.
Historical context
The last impeachment proceedings in Missouri were against Governor Eric Greitens in 2018. He resigned before an impeachment vote could be taken.
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