Missouri Republicans Pass Trump-Backed Map to Oust Rep. Cleaver

Sept. 12, 2025, 6:51 PM UTC

Missouri’s Republican-dominated legislature gave final approval to new congressional lines endorsed by President Donald Trump and designed to wrest a House seat from Democrats in the 2026 election.

The Missouri Senate voted 21-11, mostly along party lines, for a map that clearly advantages Republicans in seven of eight House districts and splinters the compact, Democratic-leaning Kansas City constituency of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, one of two Democrats in Missouri’s delegation to the 119th Congress.

The Missouri House on Tuesday passed the map, which Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) proposed and would sign into law. Dissenting Republicans included Speaker Jonathan Patterson, who ...

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