The Missouri Senate on Friday approved a new congressional map that, when enacted, would add one safe Republican district to the stateās House map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has dubbedĀ the newly redrawn map the āMissouri FIRST Mapā and he is expected to quickly sign it into law, Politico reported. Missouri is the second Republican-led state to advance a redistricting plan that increases the number of GOP districts, joining Texas, whose newly redistricted map is poised to add up to five more Republicans to the Lone Star Stateās House delegation.
The āMissouri FIRST Mapā carves up heavily Democratic Kansas City ā thus turning the 5th congressional district currently held by Democratic Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver into a safely GOP seat. The map also adds Republican voters to the 2nd congressional district which Republican Rep. Ann Wagner won by 12 pointsĀ in 2024.
Cleaver, an 11-term Congressman, along with other Democrats, have said they will fight the new map in court. Cleaver labeled the new map āas stinky a plan as you could haveā earlier in September.
Republican Missouri Rep. Bob Onder from the stateās 3rd congressional district said the newly passed map marks āa great day for Missouriā in an X post Friday.
Trump urged Missouriās state senators to pass the new map during their caucus meeting in early September, according to the Missouri Independent. The White House has also pushed Indiana to redistrict ahead of the midterms with Vice President JD Vance visiting the state in August. Ohio will also see a new district map soon as its current state law requiresthe stateās map be redrawn before the 2026 midterms.
Texas first implemented their new district map in August, spurring California Democrats to retaliate by asking voters to approve overriding the stateās independent redistricting commission in a special November election, which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom calledĀ on Aug. 14. The California map awaiting voter approval could give Democrats up to five additional seats, bringing the number of Republican representatives in the 52-seat state to only four.
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