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Missouri House Approves Trump-Backed Map Aimed at Flipping Kansas City Seat

Next, the Republican-controlled Senate considers the map with litigation already underway.

Missouri lawmakers recite the Pledge of Allegiance as a special legislative session gets underway on Wednesday, September 3, at the state capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Kelly Edmondson crosses a street in a neighborhood that would be affected by a proposal to redraw Missouri's congressional districts to favor Republican candidates Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Missouri Democratic state Rep. Ray Reed, left, looks at his phone while Democratic state Rep. Jeremy Dean glances up from his computer as they wait in the Missouri House chamber during a special legislation session on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
Robin Rothove, left, and Paula Smith, right, demonstrate outside the Missouri capitol as lawmakers prepare to conduct a committee hearing inside to consider redrawing the state's US House districts, on Thursday, September 4, in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Overview

  • Lawmakers passed the “Missouri First” plan 90–65, advancing a map that would likely shift the delegation from 6–2 to 7–1 in favor of Republicans.
  • The redesign splits Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City district into rural, GOP-leaning areas; Cleaver vowed to sue and civil-rights groups have already filed challenges.
  • The measure now moves to the GOP-led Senate before heading to Gov. Mike Kehoe, who called the special session to consider mid-decade redistricting.
  • House Republicans also approved a separate proposal to raise the bar for citizen-led constitutional amendments by requiring majorities in each congressional district as well as statewide.
  • The Missouri action joins a national mid-decade redistricting push launched in Texas and met by a Democratic counter in California that still awaits voter approval.