Missouri Judge Upholds Republican Map Targeting Rep. Cleaver

March 12, 2026, 6:58 PM UTC

A Missouri judge upheld a new Republican-drawn congressional map for the 2026 election, rejecting arguments that the new lines violated Missourians’ right to vote in compact congressional districts.

“The decision of what municipalities to split is a political and policy determination that is properly left in the hands of the General Assembly and Missouri’s political processes,” Jackson County Circuit Judge Adam Caine said in an order and judgment Thursday.

Encouraged by President Donald Trump, Missouri’s Republican government last September enacted a new map that dismantled the Kansas City-area district of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D), one of two Democrats in ...

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