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Kacen Bayless | Kansas City Star | October 7, 2026 After a dizzying legal battle that drew national attention, Missouri’s map fight is now headed to the ballot box. Missouri voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to approve or strike down a gerrymandered congressional map lawmakers passed last year. The measure, called Proposition A, will

From the Missouri’s congressional map saga Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was sued Friday by five Missourians on behalf of voters who signed a referendum petition to put a gerrymandered congressional map to a vote, in another twist in a knotty legal case over redistricting. The class-action lawsuit, filed in Cole County, seeks damages of

By Jack Harvel , Kacen Bayless and Ben Wheeler Updated September 10, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a push to revive the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map, striking a blow to Missouri Republicans. That leaves the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision suspending the maps and requiring the state to use the maps

by The St. Louis American Staff | September 3, 2026 Missouri voters will get the final say on a Republican-drawn congressional map aimed at flipping the Kansas City district represented by U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, one of the state’s two Black members of Congress. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a referendum challenging the

James Powel | USA TODAY | Sept. 3, 2026, 9:12 p.m. ET The Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 3 blocked the use of a Republican-drawn map in November’s midterm elections, ordering approval of the maps to go to voters and provoking the ire of President Donald Trump. Missouri was one of the states that redrew its maps as part of

Congressional elections will be held in the district lines drawn in 2022, the court ruled. The court reversed the decision of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins that the referendum plan was not allowed under the state and federal constitutions. By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent | September 3, 2026 5:09 pm Missourians will vote in November on

St. Louis Public Radio | By Jason Rosenbaum | Published September 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM CDT The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the state’s voters will decide the fate of a plan aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II. The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday placed a referendum aimed at overturning the state’s new congressional

By Kacen Bayless | September 3, 2026 5:29 PM The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the state’s gerrymandered congressional map from being used in the November election, a seismic ruling that halts a Republican attempt to force Kansas City’s longtime congressman out of office. The unanimous decision found that Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins

BY RUDI KELLER-SEPTEMBER 1, 2026  5:50 AM An order directing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to use congressional district maps drawn in 2022 for the November election would not pose the technical obstacle described by the state and a Cole County judge, two county clerks told the Missouri Supreme Court in a filing last week. Boone County

People Not Politicians accuse Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of bad faith in reviewing petitions and seeking to ‘bully’ local election authorities over demands he make a call on legality of the referendum BY RUDI KELLER-MAY 18, 2026  A new lawsuit filed Monday asks a Cole County judge to force Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins

By Jack Harvel , Matthew Kelly and Ben Wheeler May 15, 2026 5:48 PM Missouri election officials are scrambling to unravel which congressional map to use in light of Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision upholding the map for now, but leaving the possibility open that it could be reversed. On Friday, Republican Secretary of State Denny

St. Louis Public Radio | By Sarah Kellogg | Published March 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM CDT If the court strikes down the new map, Missouri’s congressional lines would revert to the prior map — which keeps the bulk of Kansas City within one district.  The future of congressional redistricting in Missouri was argued Tuesday before the