Source: The American Prospect
by Gabrielle Gurley
“On Monday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals further confounded Missouri’s ongoing mid-decade redistricting debacle. The three-member federal panel sided with a lower federal court and directed the state to use a new map gerrymandered in 2025 and specially designed to propel Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver into retirement—part of President Trump’s effort to secure the largest possible advantages for Republicans in the midterm elections. In early September, the Missouri Supreme Court had unanimously ruled that the 2025 map could not be used without first being approved in a voter referendum, especially since People Not Politicians, the Missouri referendum advocacy group backing the map question, had met all of the constitutional requirements to secure a slot on the ballot.” (09/25/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/09/25/after-missouri-mid-decade-redistricting-may-die-a-natural-death/