‘Are they going to roll over?’: Gerrymandering fights reach state high courts

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 1,821

Last Updated: 17 hours, 51 minutes ago

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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — Control of the U.S. House may run through a courtroom in Missouri.

In a red brick courthouse across the street from the state Capitol, the seven black-robed judges of the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday morning weighed the fate of a Republican gerrymander aimed at ousting U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a 11-term Democrat from Kansas City.

In the afternoon, they upheld the map.

Its opponents “failed to show the 2025 Map clearly and undoubtedly …

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