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In a blow for Republicans, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Missouri from using its new GOP-friendly congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections on Thursday.

In its newly released order, the high court temporarily paused a lower court directive issued Tuesday by Chief District Judge Stephen Clark. That temporary restraining order instructed the Show Me State to use its 2025 congressional map for the November elections rather than its 2022 map.

The Missouri Legislature and GOP Gov. Mike Kehoe approved the new map in question in September 2025. It sought to move the state from a six Republican-two Democrat map to a seven Republican-one Democrat map.

A group of organizers submitted signatures in support of a petition later that year to place a statewide referendum for the new maps on the state’s 2026 fall ballot. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected the petition last month, arguing that the state constitution “does not authorize a referendum on congressional redistricting plans passed by the General........

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