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Missouri Supreme Court Pauses GOP Gerrymander Map for November Election

Missouri's Supreme Court suspended a Republican-drawn congressional map, ordering a voter referendum for the November 2026 general election.

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The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that a new congressional map drawn by state Republicans in 2022 cannot take effect for the November 2026 general election without voter approval. [1] The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked a congressional map backed by United States President Donald Trump ahead of November's midterm elections, restoring the state's previous districts. [2] Judge Ginger K. Gooch wrote in the court's 7-0 opinion that the congressional districts established in 2022 remain in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election. [3] Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins had previously declared the Democratic referendum petition insufficient, a decision the court overturned. [4] The court ordered that a referendum petition organized by Democrats to put the new congressional maps to a vote must be held in the fall. [5] A congressional map signed into law in September 2025 was designed to help Republicans win an extra seat in the US House of Representatives, prompting the legal fight. [6] Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, said she would immediately appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court and called the decision a full-fledged constitutional crisis. [7] Missouri's Supreme Court ruled that a referendum petition signed by nearly 300,000 residents was legal, sufficient, and timely, overturning the rejection by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. [8]
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  1. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that a new congressional map drawn by state Republicans in 2022 cannot take effect for the November 2026 general election without voter approval. · politico.comUnited States
  2. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked a congressional map backed by United States President Donald Trump ahead of November's midterm elections, restoring the state's previous districts. · Al Jazeera
  3. Judge Ginger K. Gooch wrote in the court's 7-0 opinion that the congressional districts established in 2022 remain in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election. · politico.comUnited States
  4. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins had previously declared the Democratic referendum petition insufficient, a decision the court overturned. · politico.comUnited States
  5. The court ordered that a referendum petition organized by Democrats to put the new congressional maps to a vote must be held in the fall. · politico.comUnited States
  6. A congressional map signed into law in September 2025 was designed to help Republicans win an extra seat in the US House of Representatives, prompting the legal fight. · Al Jazeera
  7. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, said she would immediately appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court and called the decision a full-fledged constitutional crisis. · Al Jazeera
  8. Missouri's Supreme Court ruled that a referendum petition signed by nearly 300,000 residents was legal, sufficient, and timely, overturning the rejection by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. · Al Jazeera
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