Opponents of Missouri redistricting gather big money to place issue on ballot

Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch | Oct 13, 2025 JEFFERSON CITY — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s push to garner one extra Republican congressional seat in Missouri have amassed a campaign war chest of at least $2.6 million in their bid to block the scheme from going into effect next year. People Not Politicians is the […]

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St. Louis Call: Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe approves redistricted map for congressional districts by signing House Bill 1

On Sept. 28, Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 1, containing the Missouri First Map: a new map that redrew Missouri’s eight congressional districts. Kehoe announced his intent to do so on Sept. 25, when he said in a news release, “Missouri’s conservative, common-sense values should be truly represented at all levels of government, and

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From Democracy to ‘My Way or the Highway’ in Missouri

State legislators have embraced norm-shattering techniques to boldly crack one House district. Voters may have the final say about that. In Missouri, the main legislative event of the past few weeks has been the mad scramble to dispense with decennial redistricting. Stripping away this long-accepted feature of American government with minimum drama demonstrates how fast

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KCTV: Volunteers begin turning in signatures for petition challenging new Missouri congressional map

On Thursday, volunteers in the Kansas City area began turning in signatures they collected for a petition challenging the redrawn congressional map. The group behind the petition, People Not Politicians, says over 2,200 Missourians have signed up to collect signatures across the state. “I think it’s important that Missourians values are reflected, whether or not they

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St. Louis American: An Urgent Call, Black Missourians must defend their voice in Congress

The NAACP’s Missouri State Conference has taken legal action over the redistricting bill, passed by Republican supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly, that now awaits the governor’s signature. The organization called the proposal “a direct attack on Black voters, Kansas City, St. Louis, and the very idea of democracy.” For no other reason

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KMIZ: ‘Missouri First’ redistricting map faces four legal challenges, citizen referendum

Nearly two weeks have passed since the Missouri General Assembly adjourned its special session, and Gov. Mike Kehoe has yet to sign either of the bills the Republican majority sent to his desk. The Missouri House of Representatives spent $159,706.60 on the special session, according to an email from the House spokesman Ben Peters. The

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KC Star: Will Missouri’s congressional map, direct democracy overhaul survive challenges?

When Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session late last month, he deployed legislators into a partisan battle over two of the most polarizing issues in state politics. Weeks later, Republican lawmakers approved both: A gerrymandered congressional map that carves up Kansas City and a statewide ballot question that would overhaul the initiative petition

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Missouri Independent: Missouri voters likely to deliver final verdict on congressional map, initiative changes

Even as court cases seek to throw out the new redistricting plan approved in the special session, a referendum campaign to put it before voters is gaining momentum. At the same time, campaign committees are preparing to battle over the initiative process By mid-December, Missourians will know a lot more than they do now about

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

Gov. Mike Kehoe defends the bill as properly drafted, while the ACLU of Missouri and Democrats opposed to the plan say the listing is a fatal flaw 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

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KC Star: Can voters stop Missouri gerrymander? A group is trying to force a statewide vote

Just days after Missouri Republicans passed a gerrymandered congressional map that carves up Kansas City, a new campaign is charging forward with a plan asking voters to repeal it. The campaign, called People Not Politicians, began collecting signatures on Monday to force a statewide referendum vote. The group plans to continue gathering signatures in Kansas

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COOK Report: The Battle Over Missouri’s Congressional Map Is Just Beginning

A new congressional map designed to redraw Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver into a solidly Republican seat officially passed the Missouri General Assembly on Friday. But the state’s complex ballot referendum process means the GOP’s newfound 7-1 gerrymander is not yet a done deal. Because of the sheer number of possible developments at play, including several

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St. Louis post-Dispatch: Missouri’s ruling party is out of control. The voters can rein it in.

Editorial Board There was something sadly fitting about the fact that Missouri Senate Republicans on Friday shut down legislative debate in order to ram through two momentous measures designed to deprive our state’s citizens of full and fair political representation. So determined were party leaders to re-gerrymander congressional districts in an unheard-of mid-decade stunt —

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KCUR: Missouri voters may get final say on gerrymandered map and constitution changes

A group called People Not Politicians announced that it’s gathering signatures to prevent Missouri’s new congressional map from going into effect until there’s a statewide vote. Voters will also have to approve of a Republican plan cracking down on citizen-led constitutional amendments. The Missouri Senate finished off a bitter and consequential special session on Friday

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