Missouri appears likely to redraw congressional map during Trump's redistricting push [View all]

Source: CBS News

August 21, 2025 / 8:04 PM EDT


President Trump signaled Thursday that Missouri will be the next state to redraw its congressional lines to benefit the Republican Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. It's a continuation of the arms race between Republican-and Democratic-controlled states over redistricting, kickstarted by President Trump. At the president's urging, the GOP-controlled Texas state House passed a new, heavily Republican map this week, with the state Senate expected to vote on the new districts Friday.

In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump wrote, "The Great State of Missouri is now IN. I'm not surprised… We're going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!" He later said in a radio interview the same day that Missouri, Indiana and Florida are the next GOP-controlled states he believes will redraw congressional maps to create more Republican districts.

Missouri has eight U.S. House seats in Congress, and two of them are held by Democrats. Any effort to draw a new district to give Republicans one more seat in their favor would likely focus on changing the Kansas City-focused district represented by longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.

A spokesperson for Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, who has not yet made the call for a special session for redistricting, said he's continuing to have conversations with state leadership "to assess options for a special session that would allow the General Assembly to provide congressional districts that best represent Missourians."

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The "red states" were already gerrymandered (which is what made them "red states" where they used to be a mix). So the media needs to stop framing the issue without emphasizing this point.