The campaign to repeal Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map says it will turn in signatures to put the issue on the statewide ballot next week. If enough signatures were collected, the map will be placed on hold until voters decide its fate at the ballot box next year. “This unprecedented show of grassroots power signals […]

Republicans and Democrats are quietly pouring millions of dollars into a fight trying to block Missouri’s new gerrymandered congressional map, as each party scrambles for any advantage they can find in the national fight for the House majority in 2026. Missouri is one of six states that have redrawn their congressional lines — after President

The campaign to repeal Missouri’s newly gerrymandered congressional map says it will turn in signatures to put the issue on the statewide ballot next week. If enough signatures were collected, the map will be placed on hold until voters decide its fate at the ballot box next year.  “This unprecedented show of grassroots power signals

Missouri’s new gerrymandered congressional map can’t actually be used in the 2026 election – at least, not unless it makes it past voters, who have a right under the state constitution to veto legislation by collecting signatures and holding a referendum.  But rather than work to win public support for the map, Republicans are deploying every

Nick Sloan, Digital Content Producer | 1:22 AM CST Nov 21, 2025 COLE COUNTY, Mo. — A campaign committee and a Missouri voter are suing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, accusing him of using biased and misleading language in the ballot summary for a 2026 referendum on newly drawn congressional districts. People Not Politicians filed

By Jen Rice | November 17, 2025 Political text messages are a dime a dozen, helping campaigns and political action committees (PACs) raise funds, promote candidates, or denigrate their opponents. But few go as hard as an intimidating message urging Missouri voters to remove their names from an anti-gerrymandering petition “before it’s too late.”  The manipulative

By Jen Rice | November 14, 2025 Missouri voters have the power to veto the state’s new GOP congressional gerrymander at the ballot box – but national Republicans are ramping up their efforts to stop them from having the final word.  A PAC funded by the Republican National Committee and the GOP’s congressional campaign arm is using the courts to create legal

St. Louis Public Radio | By Sarah Kellogg | Published November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM CST Opponents argue the Missouri Constitution is clear that lawmakers can only redraw congressional maps after a certified census, while the state said nothing prohibits mid-decade redistricting. Attorneys made their case Wednesday over the constitutionality of the new congressional map passed

Written by David Harrison – Chief Editor November 13, 2025 JEFFERSON CITY, MO – ‌A new congressional map passed by Missouri Republicans is facing a barrage of legal challenges, ⁢including lawsuits⁣ arguing the map violates the ​state constitution and​ aggressive tactics to‌ block a citizen-led referendum effort. The disputes center on whether mid-decade redistricting is permitted under Missouri

By Cameron Montemayor. Published November 13, 2025 10:38 am ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Residents will have the chance to support a local food bank and let their voices be heard in Jefferson City as part of a dual food drive-signature gathering event this Saturday at the Rolling Hills Library. A coalition of local justice groups, including

By Kacen Bayless November 13, 2025 4:40 PM A trial over the fate of more than 92,000 signatures to strike down Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map was delayed for the second time in two weeks on Thursday. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Green was scheduled to hold a one-day bench trial over whether Republican Secretary

By Jen Rice | November 12, 2025 President Donald Trump’s congressional gerrymander sailed through the Missouri legislature in September, but the GOP plan to flip one of the state’s eight districts is far from a done deal.  A state court held a trial Wednesday on the question of whether the Missouri Constitution prohibits mid-decade redistricting after a group