Facing opposition, Missouri GOP rallies to save their gerrymandered maps

Missouri’s new congressional map is likely going to require approval from voters next year before being implemented, and Republicans in the state are gearing up to defend them.

The new map was drawn and passed by the Republican-dominated state legislature during a special session in September, after the Trump administration pressured the state to further gerrymander itself in favor of the GOP.

The new map would increase the chances of Republicans winning all of Missouri’s 10 congressional seats, and it put Reps. Wesley Bell (D) and Emanuel Cleaver (D) in more competitive districts. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed the map into law on Sept. 28.

Republicans have formed Put Missouri First, a political action committee (PAC) to defend the new gerrymandered map. Put Missouri First has already received $50,000 from the National Republican Congressional Committee and $50,000 from the Republican National Committee.



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