Facing pressure from President Donald Trump, the Missouri Senate on Friday passed a gerrymandered congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Kansas City. The map, sponsored by Rep. Dirk Deaton, a Seneca Republican, carves Kansas City into three Republican-leaning congressional districts. The goal is to push out Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and allow […]

Missouri lawmakers have answered President Trump’s call to help maintain the Republican majority in Congress by redrawing the state’s voting map for the midterm election next year. The state Senate voted 21 to 11 to pass a map that would help a Republican candidate win a seat currently held by a Democrat. The move is

The new lines, part of a national push by Republicans to bolster their House majority, would give them an additional seat in the U.S. House after the 2026 midterm elections. Missouri’s state Legislature has passed a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map and turn Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s district into a Republican-leaning seat, the

Voters will decide the fate of changes to the initiative petition process next year, while a campaign to put the congressional map on the 2026 ballot is already underway A newly-gerrymandered congressional map and limits on voters’ ability to amend the state constitution cleared the Missouri Senate Friday, capping two weeks of contentious debate that

Missouri’s Republican-controlled Senate on Friday passed a new congressional map, taking final legislative action to target one of the state’s Democratic seats in the US House and boost the GOP’s chances of retaining its fragile majority in the chamber. The 21-11 vote came just two weeks after the state’s GOP Gov. Mike Kehoe first unveiled the map

The debate over Missouri’s mid-decade redistricting plan and changes to the ballot initiative process took center stage on The Record with Mark Maxwell, which airs Fridays at 12:30 p.m. on 5 On Your Side. Rep. Brad Banderman, a Republican, defended both efforts in his interview on The Record. He argued the state’s initiative petition process should require

Facing a storm of criticism, Republicans in the Missouri House Thursday defended their plan to comply with President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of next year’s mid-term elections. As part of a special session called by Gov. Mike Kehoe, a committee on redistricting heard more than five hours of testimony

A newly proposed congressional map from Governor Mike Kehoe’s office is drawing sharp criticism from local leaders and parents alike — and its impact would stretch far beyond Kansas City. The redistricting proposal, if approved, would significantly alter the boundaries of Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, which currently centers around Kansas City. That district may appear

Missouri residents denounced a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts on Thursday as Republican lawmakers pressed ahead with President Donald Trump’s strategy to bolster Republicans in next year’s congressional elections. Dozens of people turned out for the first public hearing on a plan that would split up a Kansas City congressional district to give

Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public testimony against the proposal. Roughly an hour later, Republicans also advanced a plan that would weaken the state’s process for direct democracy. Both measures are poised to head to the floor of the Missouri House early next

Pushback continues in Kansas City as state legislators continue moving forward with a special session in Jefferson City, where they plan to tackle redistricting. A big target of these proposed maps, Missouri’s fifth congressional district, Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver’s seat. A coalition of advocates met at a park near the city’s East Side, on the corner

Members of a nonpartisan coalition joined forces Tuesday and spoke out against Congressional Redistricting in Missouri. Governor Mike Kehoe announced Friday he called for a Special Session to change Missouri’s Congressional District Map. Members of a group called, People Not Politicians-Missouri, said there was a growing statewide grassroots network focusing on opposing the Governor’s redistricting