NYTIMES (Mitch Smith) - What to Know About Missouri’s High-Stakes Election Map Battle
A dizzying volley of court rulings in recent days has created widespread confusion about which congressional boundaries will be in effect in November.
NEWSNATIONNOW (DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press) - Supreme Court again rejects push for Missouri's Trump-backed congressional map
Missouri’s battle over its congressional districts has spanned more than a year.
WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal) - Supreme Court again blocks new Missouri congressional map favoring GOP
The ruling is the latest twist in an intense legal drama that has plunged the state into electoral confusion.
WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal, Gregory S. Schneider) - Missouri voters, officials anxiously await resolution of electoral chaos
Clashing rulings by Justice Kavanaugh and a federal judge have left the fate of the state’s new GOP-friendly map in limbo.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Supreme Court Rebuffs Missouri's Push To Use New U.S. House Map In November
At Trump’s urging, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called on the Legislature to redraw congressional boundaries to their advantage ahead of the midterms.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Kavanaugh denies Missouri Republicans' appeal to preserve GOP-friendly district map
Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied the emergency appeal by Republicans seeking to preserve a GOP-friendly redrawn congressional district map for the November election.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Kavanaugh declines to lift block on new Missouri congressional map in time for November elections
The ruling comes after the state used the new map, which favors Republicans 7-1, in their primaries last month but must now use the old map that favored Republicans in a 6-2 split in the general election.
NYTIMES (Ann E. Marimow and Mitch Smith) - Justice Kavanaugh Blocks Missouri Voting Map Benefiting Republicans
Missouri’s Supreme Court blocked election officials from using a new congressional map, saying voters must first approve the district lines in a statewide referendum.
AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - The math behind a Democratic wave — or a GOP upset
Data: The Downballot and Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. (Balance of power accounts for opposing party gains due to redistricting.) Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Redistricting has helped House Republicans build a seawall that can withstand a roughly 5-point Democratic wave. Why it matters: Early readings are pointing to something twice that size — enough to wash away the GOP House majority. Democrats have been running roughly 10 points ahead of their 2024 presidential performance in special elections this year. - A swing of that magnitude would produce a comfortable 230-205 Democratic majority, according to an Axios analysis of how the battle for the House would play out under different…
NYTIMES (Mitch Smith and Ann E. Marimow) - Missouri Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voting Map Benefiting Republicans
Missouri’s Supreme Court said a map redrawn to help Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries.