US EditionMissouri Governor Signs Trump-Backed Plan Aimed at Helping Republicans Win Another US House Seat
The new map aims to help Republicans gain a seventh U.S. House seat in Missouri amid legal challenges and opposition petitions seeking a referendum, state officials said.
- On Sunday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the Missouri First Map into law, implementing new U.S. House boundaries to help Republicans win one additional seat in 2026.
- Earlier this year, Governor Mike Kehoe convened a special session on August 29 to enact redistricting as Republican lawmakers pursued mid‑decade map changes urged by President Donald Trump.
- The new map splits Kansas City's 5th Congressional District into three districts, reduces minority residents in Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II's seat using Troost Avenue as a boundary, and lists KC 811 precinct in two districts, prompting American Civil Liberties Union challenges.
- Opponents are collecting signatures, needing around 110,000 by Dec. 11 to force a statewide referendum and pause the map.
- Part of a national GOP push, Missouri's action aims to protect a narrow House majority ahead of 2026, likely flipping Cleaver's seat and creating a 7-1 advantage in Missouri's House delegation.
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The Gateway PunditRepublicans Expected to Gain a Congressional Seat as Governor Signs New Map Into Law
Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a new congressional map into law Sunday that could ultimately expand the GOP’s House majority, yet several legal challenges still loom. The new map […] The post Republicans Expected to Gain a Congressional Seat as Governor Signs New Map Into Law appeared first on The Western Journal.
Republican Governor Signs New Congressional Map Into Law, GOP Expected To Gain Additional House Seat
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the state’s new congressional map into law, which is expected to give Republicans one additional House seat in the 2026 midterm election. The new map splits the Kansas City-area district currently held by one of the state’s two Democratic House members. “Missouri’s conservative, common-sense values should be truly represented at...
MO-Redistrict: New 7-1 Congressional Map Passed
This weekend, Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed a new Missouri Congressional map. The map notably turns the Safe D Kansas City-based MO-5 seat of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) into a Safe R seat by moving the White liberal parts of Kansas City (along the Kansas border) to MO-4 and some of the northern part of urban Kansas City to MO-6. The new MO-5 is a Safely Republican seat stretching to Columbia and Jefferson City. Potential candidates for this seat coul…
Trump-backed Missouri redistricting faces constitutional challenge
Sixteen plaintiffs, supported by the National Redistricting Foundation, sued the State of Missouri on Sunday, alleging that a new law redistricting federal congressional seats violates the state’s constitution. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed the new legislation, enthusiastically backed by President Donald J. Trump, into law on Sunday. It aims to redistrict a Democrat-held federal congressional seat for Kansas City and turn it into a Republi…
Missouri Governor Signs Congressional Redistricting Map Into Law
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill into law on Sept. 28 that could help Republicans gain an additional U.S. House seat in the 2026 midterm election under a congressional redistricting map. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Dirk Deaton and Sen. Rusty Black, both Republicans, sets provisions for redistricting federal congressional seats. The state’s Fifth Congressional District will be divided into three districts under the new map. “I was pro…
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