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SCOTUS Rejects Missouri GOP Bid for Revised Congressional Map in Midterms
Confirmed
In Short: The Supreme Court denied Missouri's emergency appeal to use a revised Republican-backed congressional map for the November elections, upholding a state supreme court ruling that blocked the map's use.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied Missouri's emergency appeal without comment, leaving in place the Missouri Supreme Court's ruling blocking the state's revised Republican-backed congressional map from being used in November's general election.
The decision means Missouri will conduct the general election using its 2022 congressional districts after the state high court ruled the newer map never legally took effect because a voter-backed referendum suspended the law before it could go into effect.
The redistricting story began in the summer of 2025, when a Missouri resident got the ear of President Donald Trump to advocate for a map that could provide additional GOP seats to bolster the party’s thin majority in Congress.
The Supreme Court's ruling upholds a Missouri Supreme Court decision that enjoined Secretary of State Denny Hoskins from using the gerrymandered congressional map drawn during a 2025 special session, with Tuesday's referendum as Proposition A and a congressional election based on a map drawn in 2022 expected to return a delegation of six Republicans and two Democrats to Washington.
What's still developing
- The Missouri Supreme Court found that Hoskins should not have rejected the plan, unanimously concluding there is nothing in state law that says redistricting plans are exempt from the referendum process.
- WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch effort by Missouri Republicans to use a newly drawn congressional map, which was designed to maximize their political power, for this year’s midterm elections.