Republican officials aren’t giving up on the congressional map they pushed through the Missouri legislature last year, despite two setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court and a state Supreme Court ruling that the map never became law. Their next chance comes Thursday before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. But the legal path to […]
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use an illegal congressional map, but ultimately ruled he remedied the contempt by reversing his directive. The unusual proceedings Thursday were the first of their kind in living memory. The judges brought a statewide elected […]
(Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Missouri from using a Republican-drawn congressional map in November’s election, suspending a federal judge’s order that had briefly required the state to use the new districts.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal judge’s order requiring Missouri to use a gerrymandered congressional map in November, putting the state back on course to conduct the election using districts drawn in 2022. In a one-page order, the court granted an emergency request from a political action committee called People Not Politicians […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a Missouri congressional map that would give Republicans an advantage ahead of the midterm elections.
(The Center Square) – Democrat Roy Cooper, elected politician from 1986 until leaving the governor’s office nearly two years ago, leads Republican Michael Whatley 49%-38% in the bid to succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina.
(Legal Newsline) - A federal judge will let the Missouri Supreme Court have a contempt hearing Thursday for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins as the legal fight over a new congressional map continues.
A new survey released Thursday shows more Missourians disapprove of President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Kehoe’s job performance than approve. For Trump, it is the first negative approval rating in the six-year history of the St. Louis University/YouGov poll. For Kehoe, it is the first since he took office last year. Trump has lost […]
(The Center Square) – National Democrats not only supporting Roy Cooper’s bid for U.S. Senate but coming to speak on his behalf in the state is becoming quite the list.
The Missouri congressional map for the November election remains in limbo after conflicting court rulings caused confusion.