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Posted on 09/03/2026 5:07:57 PM PDT by Red Badger
The court said a referendum seeking to put the map up for a vote must be placed on the ballot, meaning the state’s elections this fall will take place under its old congressional lines.
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s redrawn congressional map cannot be used in this year’s midterm elections, dealing a blow to Republicans.
The court ruled that a referendum on whether the state can use the map going forward must be included on the November ballot, meaning Missouri’s fall elections will take place under its previous district lines.
The new map was designed to draw one of the two Missouri Democrats in Congress, longtime Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, out of his seat.
“More than 305,000 Missourians demanded a say in who will represent them in the halls of Congress. Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won,” Cleaver said in a post on X following the ruling, adding that “democracy prevails.”
The ruling comes after a protracted battle between advocacy group People Not Politicians Missouri, which sought to block the Republican redistricting effort, and the state GOP leaders who defended it.
Missouri redrew its congressional map in 2025 at the behest of President Donald Trump. In response, People Not Politicians Missouri gathered more than 300,000 signatures to force a veto referendum. And while the group exceeded the signature requirements for getting on the ballot, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins refused to certify it, saying that it was unconstitutional. The group appealed to the state Supreme Court, which heard arguments on the matter on Wednesday.
The ruling comes just days before the state’s Sept. 8 deadline to finalize its ballot for the general election. The state ran its August primary election using the Republican-drawn map.
Judge Ginger K. Gooch wrote in her ruling that Hoskins and those acting with him “are restrained and enjoined from implementing, using, or mandating the use of the congressional redistricting in HB 1 for the November 2026 general election or at any other time thereafter unless and until HB 1 is approved by the voters at the November 2026 general election and takes effect 30 days thereafter.”
The court’s decision means Cleaver will now be seeking re-election for his old seat, which skews heavily Democratic. He won by almost 24 percentage points in 2024.
The redesigned 5th District, which was struck down by Thursday’s ruling, was drawn so that Trump would have won by more than 17 points in 2024.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway vowed in a statement following the ruling to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged constitutional crisis,” Hanaway wrote. “We are confident that the federal courts will not allow every Missouri voter to be disenfranchised—which is what today’s decision does.”
People Not Politicians executive director Richard von Glahn celebrated the ruling.
“This victory reaches beyond Missouri. In a year when map-drawing has become a national weapon, courts across the country are watching what happens here. A Missouri win for the referendum is a signal that the people still hold the power,” von Glahn said in a statement.
Missouri is one of a handful of Republican-led states that took up mid-decade redistricting efforts at Trump’s urging to shore up the party’s narrow House majority.
Trump criticized the ruling in a Truth Social post, calling the ruling “horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional.”
“The Election Process, as usual, is being disturbed in America! Missouri must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary,” Trump wrote.
The last time one of the state’s maps was considered by a voter referendum was in 1922, after the Republican-led state Legislature redrew the districts. Voters at the time rejected the new map.
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Are these the same people who claim Trump does not abide by the courts decisions?
Since I don’t live in Missouri I have no Idea.................
Tell us how you really feel!...................😆
Cleaver (D-Kansas City ghetto) goes from being certainly defeated to being utterly safe.
The Missouri delegation thus remains 7R, 2D unless Democrats defeat Ann Wagner in CD-2 which is entirely possible but slightly unlikely. Then it would be 6R, 3D and one more nail in the GOP-controlled House coffin which is just about shut anyway barring a significant turnaround in the next 2 months.
Correction: it’s 6R-2D or (if Wagner loses) 5R-3D.
It goes to SCOTUS. Meantime, keep the map.
“It goes to SCOTUS. Meantime, keep the map.”
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What’s the federal violation for Missouri being required to follow its own state Constitution?
You are unbelievable . Such a cuck. A hole
Already appealed.
“You are unbelievable . Such a cuck. A hole”
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Wow, you seem like such a thoughtful and reasonable guy.
Are you now saying you don’t care if a state follows its own constitution and laws if they get in your way? That doesn’t comport with “The Cowboy Way” at all. Do you even know how to ride a horse?
I care absolutely I about stopping the left. The old rules don’t apply . This is a war for the Nation.
“I care absolutely I about stopping the left. The old rules don’t apply . This is a war for the Nation.”
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You’ve clearly lost your mind and ability to reason. You’re a danger to yourself and others now.
The left doesn’t care about you rules. They are pure evil and want us dead. Won’t happen because of the 2nd.
I’m a practicing Missouri attorney and have been for a long time. All politics aside, our Supreme Court is excellent and very rarely makes rash, or politically based decisions. Missouri is a solidly Republican state with excellent courts and judges. They decided the way they did because they followed the law and did what was right. Some people here may disagree, but that’s their opinion.
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