Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote

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Republicans had hoped Missouri’s <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymander-trump-missouri-936e8daecadb32556fcfbd2eb9f7457b">new congressional boundaries</a> could help them win an additional seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms.</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, said she would immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that the decision “has thrust our state into a full‑fledged constitutional crisis.” </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Missouri’s new districts were used in <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/missouri-election-2026-primary-5226443026ad3b9a3e9a5979abb910a9">the August primaries</a>. But the state Supreme Court said they cannot be used in the November general election — or ever again, unless voters first uphold the new districts passed by the Republican-led Legislature. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The court ruled that the new districts were effectively placed on hold in December, when opponents submitted over <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/missouri-redistricting-referendum-trump-gerrymandering-utah-14312a112b6e32d15e5ef36b83cdc6a7">300,000 petition signatures</a> seeking to put the map to a vote of the people. Republican <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-missouri-trump-petition-vote-election-5cfa5294a987388f38e0960e3368d320">Secretary of State Denny Hoskins</a> waited until primary election day in August to reject the petition. He asserted that the referendum process cannot be used for congressional redistricting. A <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-missouri-trump-gerrymandering-45b51672b78081dc7609e763a0416534">lower court agreed</a>, but the Supreme Court overturned Hoskins’ decision. </p><div class="oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX "><div data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper" style="transition:min-height 0.3s linear 1s" data-ad-placeholder="true"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream" data-testid="prism-ad"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream" data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-1"></div></div></div></div><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">“The referendum petition was legal, sufficient, and timely, and the secretary incorrectly concluded otherwise,” the court said in its ruling. The legislation containing the new districts “did not go into effect and will not go into effect unless and until approved by the voters.” As a result, the congressional map adopted after the 2020 census “remains in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election.”</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Hanaway, whose office represented Hoskins, called the ruling an unprecedented violation of federal law. So did Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, who proposed the new congressional map to lawmakers.</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">“Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election,&quot; Hanaway said in a statement. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The Missouri Constitution does not specifically say a referendum petition can be used for a congressional redistricting law passed by the Legislature. But the Supreme Court ruled that a constitutional provision allowing a referendum on “any act” of the Legislature encompasses congressional redistricting. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">It rejected assertions from Hanaway&#x27;s office that federal law prohibits referendum petitions on congressional redistricting.</p><div class="oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX "><div data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper" style="min-height:250px;transition:min-height 0.3s linear 0s" data-ad-placeholder="true"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-box" data-testid="prism-ad"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-box ad-slot " data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-box" data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-box"></div></div></div></div><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">“This is what democracy looks like,&quot; said Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians Missouri, which sponsored the referendum petition. &quot;The people of Missouri demanded a voice, and the court just confirmed what we’ve been saying all along. People, not politicians, will have the final say.” </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Hoskins, acknowledging the loss, vowed to continue “the war to preserve our constitutional republic.&quot; </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The ruling, which capped a year of political maneuvering and legal wrangling, was one of two to go against Republican officials Thursday. The Supreme Court also ruled that Hoskins had wrongly <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/citizen-initiatives-ballot-measures-missouri-354c3f0c24aece3f12d273267bda48db">rejected a petition</a> for a ballot proposal making it difficult for politicians to change measures enacted by voters through <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/ballot-initiatives-sick-leave-minimum-wage-abortion-c4dbda039d63cc121b662f9b7ee7e522">citizen initiatives</a>. 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District, held by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver.</p><div class="oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX "><div data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper" style="transition:min-height 0.3s linear 1s" data-ad-placeholder="true"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream" data-testid="prism-ad"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream" data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-2"></div></div></div></div><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy "><a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymander-missouri-trump-e5b75246cbee8eb674dfdb27381cc8ac">Cleaver</a>, who was unopposed in the August primary, has carried the Kansas City-based district with at least 60% of the vote in each of the past two elections. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Republican state Sen. Rick Brattin won an August primary in the reshaped 5th Congressional District, which had been stretched eastward to include rural Republican areas. About 59% of the district&#x27;s voters were new under the revised map, according to an Associated Press estimate.</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Cleaver had not posted campaign signs in many of the new rural areas, explaining that he was waiting for the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision. But he had vowed to continue his reelection campaign regardless of the outcome. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">“Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won,” Cleaver said in a social media post Thursday. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Brattin, a Marine veteran and founding member of the conservative Missouri Freedom Caucus in the state Legislature, said the decision disenfranchises thousands of primary voters who now will be shifted to different districts with candidates they didn’t get to choose. </p><div class="oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX "><div data-testid="prism-ad-wrapper" style="transition:min-height 0.3s linear 1s" data-ad-placeholder="true"><div data-box-type="fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream" data-testid="prism-ad"><div class="Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream ad-slot " data-slot-type="fitt-article-inline-outstream" data-slot-kvps="pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-3"></div></div></div></div><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The court “handed Democrats a decision they desperately needed in their effort to help national Democrats retake the U.S. House of Representatives,&quot; Brattin said in a statement.</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Congressional districts typically are redrawn at the start of each decade, based on new census data. But Trump’s quest for a midterm election advantage triggered an unusual mid-decade redistricting battle that spread to more than a dozen states — and triggered a dozen lawsuits in Missouri alone. </p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">The Missouri Supreme Court ruling was one of only a few nationally to go against Republicans&#x27; redistricting plans.</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">Prior to its latest ruling, Missouri’s top court already had rejected claims that the special session was illegal, <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-congress-missouri-trump-f89090b920ce7047e9da3c1cb9ab9699">mid-decade redistricting</a> isn’t allowed and the new <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-voting-rights-trump-1ed6f8c68884b372efca79fbb50e343a">districts aren’t compact enough</a>.</p><p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy ">After the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday, a couple hundred people chanted “Let us vote!” while rallying outside the courthouse. 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