The U.S. Supreme Court rejected attempts to use a new Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri's November 2026 midterm election on September 8–11, maintaining the previous district boundaries and creating confusion among election officials and candidates. The Missouri Supreme Court had previously invalidated the GOP-friendly map, requiring voter approval via referendum.
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It's a defeat for Republicans who had hoped the new map could help them hold on to their slim House majority.
The ruling is a rare defeat for Republicans in a nationwide redistricting war ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.
The ruling is a rare defeat for Republicans in a nationwide redistricting war ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency application to block a Missouri Supreme Court ruling barring the state from using its new congressional map, which favors Republicans. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more.
The Supreme Court said Missouri must use a 2022 congressional map — not a new congressional map that favors Republicans — in the 2026 midterm elections.
There was confusion over the map due to multiple legal tracks being pursued.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map backed by President Trump in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, leaving the state on track to use its 2022 U.S. House districts [pbs.org#3][cbsnews.com#1][thehill.com#2][nytimes.com#1]. The brief unsigned order noted no public dissents and gave no legal reasoning, a common feature of emergency app
The Supreme Court has blocked a Missouri federal judge's order that allowed state lawmakers to use a newly-drawn congressional map for elections in November. The newly drawn map favored Republicans and likely would've given them one more seat in Congress. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee has more.
The decision puts on hold a decision by Missouri-based U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark, who ruled Tuesday that the new map must be used, notwithstanding the Missouri Supreme Court’s having reached the opposite conclusion. As a result of the Supreme Court action, “my office is directing local election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map,” Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a Rep
The Supreme Court has blocked Missouri's use of a new congressional map that would have favored Republicans ahead of the midterms. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson explains what this means.
After the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a congressional map used in the primary, election officials, candidates and voters are scrambling to adjust before November.