Although Tuesday's order came on the Supreme Court's interim docket, the court's ruling likely settles the issue of the maps for the 2026 election, restoring the map that the state adopted in 2022 in the wake of the 2020 census. Missouri was one of several states that redrew its congressional maps in advance of the 2026 elections with the encouragement of President Donald Trump.
Although Tuesday's order came on the Supreme Court's interim docket, the court's ruling likely settles the issue of the maps for the 2026 election, restoring the map that the state adopted in 2022 in the...
Missouri was one of several states that redrew its congressional maps in advance of the 2026 elections with the encouragement of President Donald Trump.
The new map, known as HB 1, was intended to give Republicans seven of the state's eight seats in the U.S.
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Although Tuesday's order came on the Supreme Court's interim docket, the court's ruling likely settles the issue of the maps for the 2026 election, restoring the map that the state adopted in 2022 in the wake of the 2020 census. Missouri was one of several states that redrew its congressional maps in advance of the 2026 elections with the encouragement of President Donald Trump. The new map, known as HB 1, was intended to give Republicans seven of the state's eight seats in the U.S.
House of Representatives, in the November elections. In December 2025, opponents of the state's new map – including Richard von Glahn, the plaintiff in the case now before the Supreme Court – submitted more than 300,000 signatures in support of a petition to put a statewide referendum on the new maps on the ballot in the November 2026 elections.
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