Missouri voters reject Republican-backed congressional map
Politics · First reported 4 Nov, 04:11 · Updated 04:34
Voters rejected the map after a court dispute over whether it could be used in the midterm elections. The map had been designed to redraw Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City district.
- Missouri voters rejected the Republican-backed congressional map, according to the reports’ election calls.
- The map was passed last year and redrew Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City district; Republicans sought an additional House seat.
- Missouri courts blocked the map from use in the midterms, and the U.S. Supreme Court upheld that outcome, NPR reported. Cleaver won reelection, according to the Associated Press race call cited by NPR.
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- Signature threshold
- 106,000 signatures were required; the group said it gathered more than 300,000.
- Map’s stated electoral aim
- Redraw Cleaver’s Kansas City district in an effort to gain Republicans an additional House seat.
- Court outcome
- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state court ruling that the map could not be used for the midterms.
- Cleaver
- NPR reported that Cleaver won reelection, citing an Associated Press race call.
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