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Missouri Opens Special Session as Mid‑Decade Redistricting Fight Goes National

Missouri’s move becomes the latest flashpoint in an escalating push to reshape House maps before 2026.

Missouri lawmakers recite the Pledge of Allegiance as a special legislative session gets underway on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
Kansas Republican politicians are starting to talk about redistricting to gerrymander the state's congressional districts in an effort to flip the only Democrat-held seat.
People crowd into a hearing room as Missouri lawmakers meet in a special session to consider redrawing the state's congressional maps.

Overview

  • Missouri lawmakers began a special session to consider a GOP map that would tilt Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City–area district rightward, potentially shifting the delegation to 7–1 Republican.
  • Texas’s new congressional map, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 23, is designed to create up to five additional Republican‑leaning seats for 2026.
  • California approved a Nov. 4 referendum to temporarily bypass its independent commission so Democrats can pursue a map that could add five party‑friendly districts.
  • Other states are weighing moves: Indiana GOP leaders consulted with President Trump, Florida formed a special redistricting committee, Ohio must redraw before 2026, Utah was ordered by a judge to adopt a new map by Sept. 24, and Kansas leaders have not ruled out a redo.
  • The Supreme Court will hear Louisiana v. Callais on Oct. 15, a case that could reshape the legality of majority‑minority districts and influence which maps are in place for the midterms.