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How Republicans are Rigging Missouri’s Congressional Maps

When Missouri joined Trump’s gerrymandering war in 2025, Democrats didn’t expect them to succeed in eliminating one of their two districts in the state. Getting a referendum vote on the 2026 midterm ballot was supposed to freeze the old maps in place. But nine months and several state court cases later, nothing has stopped the new districts from being used in the upcoming primary elections. Only a few potential lawsuits remain.