Missouri governor calls special session to redraw maps to aid Republicans [View all]
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Source: The Guardian
The Missouri governor, Mike Kehoe, has moved to help the Republican party gain an additional seat in Congress, calling a special legislative session to redraw congressional districts in his state.
Kehoe’s announcement on Friday followed a pressure campaign from Donald Trump, who has urged Republican states to reshape district boundaries to more heavily favor Republicans, boosting the party’s chances of maintaining control of the House of Representatives in 2026....
Trump has also pushed Indiana lawmakers to redraw that state’s maps, and has also pushed lawmakers in Florida and Ohio to help net three or more seats for the Republican party....
Emanuel Cleaver II, a Democratic representative from Missouri whose district could be carved up when maps a redrawn, said that in remaking the state’s congressional maps, “lawmakers would be working to drown out Missouri voices in favor of a single man a thousand miles away”.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/missouri-governor-special-legislative-session-congressional-maps
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