Missouri high court blocks Trump-backed congressional map from November ballot

Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked the Trump-backed mid-decade congressional map from the November ballot, citing ongoing legal challenges to the redraw and a referendum effort led by People Not Politicians to let voters decide the map. The revised 5th District would have stretched from Kansas City into rural areas, pitting Democrat Emanuel Cleaver against Republican Rick Brattin, with roughly 59% of the district’s voters newly drawn into the district. The ruling marks one of the few statewide defeats for GOP redistricting efforts amid a wave of lawsuits over mid-decade redraws.