Is Missouri's new gerrymandered map in effect? That depends on a court -- and the clock

With the midterm elections on the horizon, a Missouri court held a hearing in a lawsuit that could determine whether a gerrymandered congressional map favoring the Republican Party will be in effect for the 2026 race.

The case is critically important because over 300,000 voters in the state have signed a petition to put the new map to a statewide referendum, a move gerrymander opponents say should block the map’s implementation until Missourians can vote.

But Missouri’s Republican leadership has argued that the map is already in effect, and officials appear to be running out the clock in hopes of making the gerrymander an inevitability.

The struggle over Missouri’s map has turned out to be one of the most complex sagas in President Donald Trump’s push for unprecedented mid-decade redistricting to help Republicans maintain their hold on Congress in the 2026 midterms.



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