redistricting

After the Missouri and U.S. Supreme Courts ruled that Missourians must vote with maps drawn in 2022, U.S. Rep. Mark Alford is running for reelection in the same district he won with more than 71% of the vote. He'll face three challengers, including Democrat Jordan Herrera.

A Democrat, a Republican and a Libertarian are running to fill the seat vacated by the retiring Sam Graves, which covers most of the upper portion of Missouri.

Missouri redrew its Congressional map to give Trump an election victory. The plan’s legal collapse was "a stress test for the rule of law," said former Missouri Supreme Court justice Michael Wolff.

Missourians will decide on Nov. 3 whether to approve Republicans' gerrymandered congressional map, or reject it entirely. Gov. Mike Kehoe said this week that the redistricting push was still worthwhile, even though Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II will likely win another term and the saga resulted in protracted litigation.

Missouri lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional lines in 2025, in an attempt to oust Kansas City Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II and add a Republican seat to the U.S. House. But after a successful petition campaign, the new map was blocked from taking effect for this election, and voters in November will decide whether to approve or reject it.

With voting already underway, Missouri GOP leaders are now organizing efforts for a “yes” vote on Proposition A, a referendum on the 2025 redistricting map, and a “no” vote on Amendment 6, which would restrict the ability of lawmakers to change measures enacted by initiative petition.

This is the third time the high court has stymied efforts to implement a map aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II for this November's election.

Opponents of Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map are asking the justices to block a federal ruling requiring its use as voting begins.

A federal appeals court has again sided with Missouri Republicans, ruling the state must use the GOP-leaning congressional map passed by lawmakers last year. Plus: how new limits on federal student loans are impacting future physicians in Kansas.

"A voter who has already cast an absentee ballot cannot vote another ballot," even if the legal back-and-forth over Missouri's congressional map ends with a different version being used, local election officials said.

The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals is deciding whether to order the November election to be held in the same district lines used for the primary. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled a referendum made that map, drawn in 2025 to benefit Republicans, has no legal effect.

While the 8th Circuit Court judges appeared sympathetic to the Republican plaintiffs, redistricting proponents would also need to overcome barriers from the U.S. Supreme Court and warnings from elections officials that it’s now too late to change course for the November election.