The Missouri House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, passed a sweeping new congressional map that will likely reduce Democratic representation to just one seat in the U.S. House delegation.
The revolutionary “Missouri First” map promises a fierce partisan restructuring ahead of the 2026 midterms.
In a 90-65 vote, GOP legislators approved a redistricting plan that dismantles the Democrat stronghold of the 5th District, anchored in Kansas City, and partitions it across adjacent rural Republican-dominated districts, according to AP News.
Republicans are poised to secure seven of the state’s eight congressional seats.