Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
In a September 25 emergency order, the U.S. Supreme Court said lower courts should not require Missouri to use its 2025 congressional map in November. Republican officials wanted the primary map kept; the Missouri Supreme Court and map opponents said the 2022 map governs.
Claim in dispute
Because Missouri held its August primary under the 2025 map, the U.S. Constitution requires it to use that same map in the November general election, and using the 2022 map instead would violate Article I, Section 2 and equal protection.
Case period:
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Overview
The fixed reference point for classification in this case is the use of Missouri's 2025 congressional map (House Bill 1) in the November 3, 2026 general election. Responses are recorded against that specific question, not against mid-decade redistricting in general, the merits of Proposition A, or the earlier lawsuits over how the map was drawn. A response that argues the 2025 map should be used in the general election is recorded as defending that use, and a response that argues it should not be used is recorded as condemning it. Court rulings are recorded by what they order on that question.
The Missouri Senate gave final approval to the map on September 12, 2025 (opens in a new tab), after the legislature reconvened at the urging of President Donald Trump, according to the Missouri Independent. The Eighth Circuit (opens in a new tab) recorded that Gov. Mike Kehoe signed it on September 28, 2025, and that People Not Politicians submitted, by its own count, more than 300,000 referendum signatures on December 9, 2025. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins declared the referendum petition unconstitutional on August 4, 2026 (opens in a new tab), the day of the primary, and the Missouri Independent reported (opens in a new tab) that the primary was held in the boundaries drawn in 2025.
On September 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of Missouri (opens in a new tab) ruled unanimously that the referendum petition was "legal, sufficient, and timely," that House Bill 1 "is not the law and has never been the law," and that the 2022 map "remains in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election." Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said her office would seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court, and Hoskins wrote in a news release (opens in a new tab) that no court has ever rejected a congressional map that had already been used in an election.
Rep. Bob Onder, Sen. Rick Brattin and two voters sued in federal court on September 4, the Missouri Independent reported (opens in a new tab). Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Hoskins's application to stay the state ruling on September 8, and Chief Judge Stephen Clark (opens in a new tab) issued an order that day requiring the 2025 map. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed that order on September 10 (opens in a new tab). On September 21 (opens in a new tab), the Eighth Circuit held that the Constitution does not permit Missouri to use a different congressional map in the general election than it used in the primary, and Judge Stras, concurring in part and dissenting in part, wrote that he would dismiss the appeal for lack of standing.
On September 25, the Supreme Court, in an unsigned per curiam order (opens in a new tab), stayed the Eighth Circuit's mandate and the district court's injunctions and wrote that "ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos." On the merits, the order says the Court's precedents have not previously stated that Article I, Section 2 requires a state to use the primary election map in a general election, and that "it suffices that the merits are not entirely clearcut." The September 10 stay also remains in effect until the Court lifts it, and the Missouri Independent reported that the deadline to seek certiorari is December 21.
Supporters of using the 2025 map argued that voters had nominated candidates under it and that changing maps between the primary and general elections was unprecedented or unjust. Opponents argued that Missouri law makes the 2022 map the only valid map and that ballots were already being mailed and cast under it. In its September 23 brief (opens in a new tab), the Missouri Attorney General's Office wrote that the State believes voting under the 2025 map better advances the public interest, and also that Missouri will not be able to run an orderly 2026 general election regardless of what the Court does.
Missouri voters will decide Proposition A, the referendum on House Bill 1, on November 3. A yes vote would enact the bill and a no vote would reject it, according to the Missouri Independent (opens in a new tab). On September 25, Gov. Kehoe said in an official statement (opens in a new tab) that it is disappointing that the November election will use a different map than the primary and that Missouri will follow the Court's order. As of the evening of September 25, 2026, we could not locate a public response to the order from Attorney General Hanaway, Secretary Hoskins or President Trump.
People in this case
Bob OnderDirectly involved
Emanuel CleaverDirectly involved
D. John SauerCommented
Donald TrumpCommented
Timeline
13 timeline entries on this page. Dates: September 9, 2025 to September 25, 2026
September 2025
2 events
Trump urges the Missouri Senate to pass the congressional map
The Missouri Independent reported that President Donald Trump wrote on social media that the Missouri Senate should pass the House-approved congressional map immediately and unchanged.
[01]After hearing from Trump, Missouri GOP muscle gerrymandered map forward in state Senate
Source excerpt
The Missouri Senate must pass this Map now, AS IS
Report that President Donald Trump demanded on social media on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 that the Missouri Senate pass the House-approved congressional map.
After hearing from Trump, Missouri GOP muscle gerrymandered map forward in state Senate · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2025Missouri lawmakers pass the 2025 congressional map
Incident
The Missouri Senate voted 21-11 to give final approval to House Bill 1, which redraws the state's congressional districts. The Eighth Circuit recorded that the House had passed it 90-65 and that Gov. Mike Kehoe signed it on September 28, 2025.
[02]Gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits sent to Missouri governor
Source excerpt
The Senate voted 21-11 to give them final approval Friday afternoon
Report on the Missouri Senate's September 12, 2025 final approval of the congressional map, the legislature's reconvening at President Donald Trump's urging, and People Not Politicians' announcement that it had filed a referendum.
Gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits sent to Missouri governor · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 12, 2025[03]Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam)
Source excerpt
Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law.
Published per curiam opinion affirming Chief Judge Stephen Clark's temporary restraining order and directing entry of a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map, with the injunction administratively stayed until September 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. Central time. Judge Stras concurred in part and dissented in part, writing that he would dismiss the appeal because People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn lack standing.
Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
88 days between recorded events
December 2025
1 event
People Not Politicians submits referendum petition signatures
Incident
People Not Politicians submitted more than 300,000 signatures, by its own count, seeking a statewide referendum on the 2025 map.
[03]Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam)
Source excerpt
Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law.
Published per curiam opinion affirming Chief Judge Stephen Clark's temporary restraining order and directing entry of a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map, with the injunction administratively stayed until September 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. Central time. Judge Stras concurred in part and dissented in part, writing that he would dismiss the appeal because People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn lack standing.
Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)[04]Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote
Source excerpt
Our office will move immediately to seek relief from (the United States Supreme Court)
Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, with reactions from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Richard von Glahn and President Donald Trump.
Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026
154 days between recorded events
May 2026
1 event
Supreme Court of Missouri rules that submitting signatures did not suspend the map
Source release
In Maggard v. State, the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that submitting referendum signatures did not automatically prevent the 2025 map from going into effect. In September the court described its May rulings as saying the map's status could not be determined until the Secretary of State certified the petition and judicial review was complete.
[05]In blow to Democrats, Missouri Supreme Court upholds map that targets Rep. Cleaver
Source excerpt
did not automatically prevent a GOP-friendly congressional map from going into effect
Report that the Supreme Court of Missouri unanimously ruled on May 12, 2026 that submitting referendum signatures did not automatically prevent the 2025 map from going into effect.
In blow to Democrats, Missouri Supreme Court upholds map that targets Rep. Cleaver · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, May 12, 2026[06]von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc)
Source excerpt
HB 1 is not the law and has never been the law.
Unanimous opinion reversing the Cole County Circuit Court. It holds that the referendum petition on House Bill 1 was legal, sufficient and timely, orders the Secretary of State to certify it for the November 2026 ballot, and enjoins him from using the 2025 map in the November 2026 general election unless voters approve it.
von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14
84 days between recorded events
August 2026
1 event
Hoskins rejects the referendum petition and Missouri holds its primary
Incident
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins declared the referendum petition unconstitutional on the last day he could act, saying the Missouri Constitution does not allow a referendum on redistricting. Missouri held its primary the same day in the boundaries drawn in 2025, and People Not Politicians executive director Richard von Glahn sued in Cole County Circuit Court.
[07]Missouri redistricting referendum blocked by secretary of state, drawing lawsuit
Source excerpt
Whether they had one signature or 500 million signatures doesn’t really matter because they are unconstitutional
Report that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins declared the referendum petition unconstitutional a few hours before polls closed in the August 4 primary, and that People Not Politicians sued in Cole County Circuit Court that night.
Missouri redistricting referendum blocked by secretary of state, drawing lawsuit · Missouri IndependentArticle, August 4, 2026[04]Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote
Source excerpt
Our office will move immediately to seek relief from (the United States Supreme Court)
Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, with reactions from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Richard von Glahn and President Donald Trump.
Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026
30 days between recorded events
September 2026
8 events
Supreme Court of Missouri orders the referendum onto the ballot and the 2022 map for November
Source release
The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that the referendum petition was legal, sufficient and timely, ordered Hoskins to place it on the November ballot, and enjoined him from using the 2025 map in the November general election unless voters approve it.
[06]von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc)
Source excerpt
HB 1 is not the law and has never been the law.
Unanimous opinion reversing the Cole County Circuit Court. It holds that the referendum petition on House Bill 1 was legal, sufficient and timely, orders the Secretary of State to certify it for the November 2026 ballot, and enjoins him from using the 2025 map in the November 2026 general election unless voters approve it.
von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14[04]Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote
Source excerpt
Our office will move immediately to seek relief from (the United States Supreme Court)
Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, with reactions from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Richard von Glahn and President Donald Trump.
Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026Hoskins asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the state ruling as Republican candidates and voters sue
Incident
Hoskins applied to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling. The same day, Rep. Bob Onder, Sen. Rick Brattin and two voters sued Hoskins in federal court, arguing that the federal Constitution bars changing district boundaries between the primary and general elections.
[08]Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn
Source excerpt
Application (26A304) denied by Justice Kavanaugh.
The Court's docket records Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's September 4 application to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, the responses and amicus briefs filed September 4 to 7, and Justice Kavanaugh's September 8 denial.
Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 4 to September 8, 2026[09]US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map
Source excerpt
In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map
Report on the Supreme Court's September 25 order, with the sequence of court actions since September 3, the filings of Missouri and the plaintiffs, and county election officials' account of absentee voting under the 2022 map.
US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026Justice Kavanaugh denies the stay and a federal judge orders the 2025 map used
Incident
Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Hoskins's application on September 8. That evening, Chief Judge Stephen Clark issued a temporary restraining order directing Missouri to use the 2025 map in the November general election.
[08]Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn
Source excerpt
Application (26A304) denied by Justice Kavanaugh.
The Court's docket records Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's September 4 application to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, the responses and amicus briefs filed September 4 to 7, and Justice Kavanaugh's September 8 denial.
Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 4 to September 8, 2026[10]Onder v. Missouri, No. 4:26-cv-01424-SRC, Memorandum and Order (E.D. Mo. Sept. 8, 2026)
Source excerpt
Plaintiffs face irreparable harm absent a TRO because many Missouri voters would have to cast their general-election votes for candidates whom they had no role in nominating.
Temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Rep. Bob Onder, Rick Brattin and two voters. It directs Missouri to use the 2025 map (House Bill 1) for the November 2026 general election. The Supreme Court stayed this order on September 10.
[11]People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026)
Source excerpt
At this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos.
Unsigned per curiam order on an application that Circuit Justice Brett Kavanaugh referred to the full Court. It stays the Eighth Circuit's September 21 mandate and September 22 order and the district court's September 21 and 22 injunctions, keeps the Court's September 10 stay in place, and says the lower courts should not prohibit use of the 2022 map or require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. The text of the order shows no separate opinion or noted dissent.
People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026U.S. Supreme Court stays the federal order requiring the 2025 map
Source release
In an unsigned order without stated reasons, the Supreme Court stayed Clark's September 8 order pending the Eighth Circuit appeal and any timely petition for certiorari. The Missouri Independent reported that no justice publicly dissented.
[12]Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026)
Source excerpt
The application for stay presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is granted.
One-page unsigned order staying the district court's September 8 order pending the Eighth Circuit appeal and any timely petition for certiorari. The order gives no reasoning.
Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326[13]Docket for No. 26A326, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al.
Source excerpt
Application (26A326) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
The Court's docket records the September 9 stay application, the responses and briefs filed September 9 and 10, including the brief of the United States, and the September 10 order granting the stay.
Docket for No. 26A326, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 9 and 10, 2026[14]US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map
Source excerpt
The law is the law, the Missouri Constitution is clear as was the Missouri Supreme Court,
Report on the Supreme Court's September 10 stay. It quotes Richard von Glahn's emailed statement, notes that the U.S. solicitor general joined Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in opposing the stay, and describes the order as unsigned with no publicly noted dissent.
US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026Supreme Court of Missouri finds Hoskins in contempt, then finds the contempt purged
Incident
The Supreme Court of Missouri found that Hoskins was in contempt when he told local election officials to use the 2025 map. After he directed local election authorities to use the 2022 map, the court found that he had corrected the conduct and purged the contempt.
[15]Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt
Source excerpt
My Office is directing local election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map
Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 10 contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, his statement directing local election authorities to use the 2022 map, and statements from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, attorney Chuck Hatfield and Rep. Bob Onder.
Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTEighth Circuit holds that using the 2022 map violates the Constitution
Source release
A three-judge panel held that using the 2022 map in the November general election violates the Constitution and directed the district court to enter a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map, stayed until September 28. Judge Stras would have dismissed the appeal for lack of standing.
[03]Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam)
Source excerpt
Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law.
Published per curiam opinion affirming Chief Judge Stephen Clark's temporary restraining order and directing entry of a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map, with the injunction administratively stayed until September 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. Central time. Judge Stras concurred in part and dissented in part, writing that he would dismiss the appeal because People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn lack standing.
Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)[16]Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold
Source excerpt
Voters cast their primary ballots under this map, and they should be able to vote in the same districts for the general election.
Report on the Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling, with statements from Sen. Rick Brattin and Richard von Glahn.
Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026People Not Politicians asks the Supreme Court to clarify or stay the Eighth Circuit ruling
Incident
People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn applied to the Supreme Court, asking it to clarify that its September 10 stay covers the Eighth Circuit's injunction or to stay the ruling. Absentee voting in Missouri began the same day.
[17]Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al.
Source excerpt
Application (26A388) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
The Court's docket records the September 22 stay application, the September 23 responses and amicus briefs, and the September 25 order granting the stay.
Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 22 to September 25, 2026[18]Emergency Application for Stay, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388
Source excerpt
That is the electoral disorder Purcell exists to prevent
Application by People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn asking the Court to clarify that its September 10 stay covers the Eighth Circuit's permanent injunction or, alternatively, to stay the Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling.
Emergency Application for Stay, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388 · People Not PoliticiansApplication, Introduction, pp. 1-2, filed September 22, 2026[09]US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map
Source excerpt
In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map
Report on the Supreme Court's September 25 order, with the sequence of court actions since September 3, the filings of Missouri and the plaintiffs, and county election officials' account of absentee voting under the 2022 map.
US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026U.S. Supreme Court stays the federal injunctions and bars requiring the 2025 map
Source release
In an unsigned per curiam order, the Supreme Court stayed the Eighth Circuit's mandate and the district court's injunctions. It said the lower courts should not prohibit use of the 2022 map or require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri.
[11]People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026)
Source excerpt
At this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos.
Unsigned per curiam order on an application that Circuit Justice Brett Kavanaugh referred to the full Court. It stays the Eighth Circuit's September 21 mandate and September 22 order and the district court's September 21 and 22 injunctions, keeps the Court's September 10 stay in place, and says the lower courts should not prohibit use of the 2022 map or require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. The text of the order shows no separate opinion or noted dissent.
People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026[17]Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al.
Source excerpt
Application (26A388) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
The Court's docket records the September 22 stay application, the September 23 responses and amicus briefs, and the September 25 order granting the stay.
Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 22 to September 25, 2026[09]US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map
Source excerpt
In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map
Report on the Supreme Court's September 25 order, with the sequence of court actions since September 3, the filings of Missouri and the plaintiffs, and county election officials' account of absentee voting under the 2022 map.
US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026
Claims
Claims separate what was said from what is contested. Follow each source for the original wording and context.
What's disputed
Disputed claim
Because Missouri held its August primary under the 2025 map, the U.S. Constitution requires it to use that same map in the November general election, and using the 2022 map instead would violate Article I, Section 2 and equal protection.
Sources (1)
- Plaintiffs-Respondents' Brief in Opposition to Applicants' Renewed Emergency Application, No. 26A388 · Bob OnderBrief, Introduction, pp. 1-2, filed September 23, 2026
Disputed claim
Under the Missouri Constitution, the referendum petition kept House Bill 1 from taking effect, so the 2022 map is the only valid congressional map and must be used in the 2026 general election.
People Not Politicians
Sources (2)
- Emergency Application for Stay, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388 · People Not PoliticiansApplication, Introduction, pp. 1-2, filed September 22, 2026
- von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14
Disputed claim
Ordering Missouri to return to the 2025 map after ballots have been printed and mailed and voting has begun would create the electoral disorder that the Purcell principle exists to prevent.
People Not Politicians
Sources (1)
- Emergency Application for Stay, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388 · People Not PoliticiansApplication, Introduction, pp. 1-2, filed September 22, 2026
Response record
Responses
Latest recorded positions: 15. Dates: September 3, 2026 to September 25, 2026
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Mike KehoeDirectly involved "It is disappointing that today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court means Missouri will conduct its November general election under a different congressional map than its primary election. Voters deserved consistency and certainty, and not for the rules to be changed between elections. Nevertheless, Missouri will follow the Court’s order."
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Governor Kehoe's Statement on SCOTUS's Congressional Map Decision (September 25, 2026) · Mike KehoeGovernor's office official statement, September 25, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Gov. Mike Kehoe on X: Missouri First Map will be used in the general election · Mike KehoeFull X post, published 2026-09-08 23:07 UTC (6:07 p.m. CDT)Defended or excusedCase context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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Kehoe called it disappointing that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision means Missouri will hold the November general election under a different congressional map than the primary. He said voters deserved consistency and certainty, and added that Missouri will follow the Court's order.
Role at the time: Governor of Missouri, in an official statement from the governor's office
Before the statement
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Eighth Circuit's mandate and the district court's injunctions on September 25 and said lower courts should not require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 election.
After the statement
As of the evening of September 25, 2026, we could not locate a later statement from Kehoe on the map. Before the Court's order, on September 8, he had said on X that the Missouri First Map would be used in the general election.
Governor Kehoe's Statement on SCOTUS's Congressional Map Decision (September 25, 2026) · Mike KehoeGovernor's office official statement, September 25, 2026People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Gov. Mike Kehoe on X: Missouri First Map will be used in the general election · Mike KehoeFull X post, published 2026-09-08 23:07 UTC (6:07 p.m. CDT)Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Kehoe says it is disappointing that the general election map will differ from the primary map and that voters deserved consistency, which continues to favor using the 2025 map, while committing to comply. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because the pledge to comply concerns what the State will do and does not change his stated view of what voters deserved.
This label describes the statement's response within the context above.
Supreme Court of the United States "In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map—not the 2025 map—must be used in the 2026 congressional election. … At this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos. Purcell protects against such disorder. … And the District Court and Court of Appeals should not order or otherwise require Missouri to use the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri."
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 22 to September 25, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326CondemnedResponding to: Ordering Missouri to return to the 2025 map after ballots have been printed and mailed and voting has begun would create the electoral disorder that the Purcell principle exists to prevent.
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In an unsigned per curiam order on an application referred by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court stayed the Eighth Circuit's mandate and the district court's injunctions that required the 2025 map. It said Missouri state law makes the 2022 map the one to be used in the 2026 congressional election, and that ordering a return to the 2025 map while the election is under way "would usher in electoral chaos." It added that the lower courts should not require use of the 2025 map.
Role at the time: Unsigned per curiam order of the full Court in No. 26A388, on an application referred by Circuit Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Before the statement
The Court had stayed the district court's first order requiring the 2025 map on September 10. On September 21, the Eighth Circuit ordered a permanent injunction requiring that map, and People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn applied to the Court for a stay on September 22.
After the statement
The order keeps the September 10 stay in place until the Court lifts it, and it says the district court and Eighth Circuit should not prohibit use of the 2022 map.
People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 22 to September 25, 2026Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The Court rejects that use on state-law and Purcell grounds and directs that lower courts not require it. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because the order's caution that the merits are not entirely clearcut does not qualify its operative direction against using the 2025 map.
This label describes the statement's response within the context above.
Campaign Legal Center "Pursuant to this Court’s orders and the Missouri Supreme Court’s ruling on state law, election administration has proceeded under the 2022 map, ballots have already been mailed, and voting has begun. … This Court must once again step in to restore order by granting the Applicants’ requested relief."
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Brief of Amici Curiae Campaign Legal Center, ACLU of Missouri Foundation and ACLU Foundation, No. 26A388 · Campaign Legal CenterBrief, Summary of Argument, p. 3, filed September 23, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026CondemnedResponding to: Ordering Missouri to return to the 2025 map after ballots have been printed and mailed and voting has begun would create the electoral disorder that the Purcell principle exists to prevent.
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In an amicus brief, the Campaign Legal Center, the ACLU of Missouri Foundation and the ACLU Foundation wrote that election administration had proceeded under the 2022 map, that ballots had been mailed and that "voting has begun." They asked the Court to restore order by granting the applicants' requested relief.
Role at the time: Legal advocacy organization filing an amicus brief with the ACLU of Missouri Foundation and the ACLU Foundation
Before the statement
The Eighth Circuit had ordered a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map on September 21, and absentee voting in Missouri began on September 22.
After the statement
The Supreme Court granted the applicants' stay on September 25.
Brief of Amici Curiae Campaign Legal Center, ACLU of Missouri Foundation and ACLU Foundation, No. 26A388 · Campaign Legal CenterBrief, Summary of Argument, p. 3, filed September 23, 2026US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The brief argues that the election is under way under the 2022 map and asks the Court to stop the Eighth Circuit's order requiring the 2025 map, which opposes that use. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because the brief seeks a specific outcome.
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Bob OnderDirectly involved"to invalidate a primary in which 1.2 million Missourians chose their primary candidates is really to invalidate our whole electoral process by judicial fiat. A very bad decision by the Missouri Supreme Court, an excellent decision yesterday by the Eighth Circuit."
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Missouri Redistricting Showdown: Rep. Bob Onder on the 8th Circuit RulingVideo, about 4:53 to 5:12, interview with host Marc Cox on 97.1 FM Talk (St. Louis), posted September 22, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)Open source (opens in a new tab)US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026Defended or excusedResponding to: Because Missouri held its August primary under the 2025 map, the U.S. Constitution requires it to use that same map in the November general election, and using the 2022 map instead would violate Article I, Section 2 and equal protection.
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In a radio interview the morning after the Eighth Circuit's ruling, Onder said that invalidating a primary in which 1.2 million Missourians voted would "invalidate our whole electoral process by judicial fiat." He called the Supreme Court of Missouri's decision very bad and the Eighth Circuit's decision excellent.
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Missouri's 3rd District and lead plaintiff in the federal lawsuit, interviewed on 97.1 FM Talk
Before the statement
On September 21, the Eighth Circuit held that using the 2022 map in the November general election violates the Constitution. Onder and Sen. Rick Brattin had sued Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in federal court on September 4.
After the statement
In the same interview, Onder said he hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would deny certiorari and that a yes vote on Proposition A would be a vote for the 2025 map.
Missouri Redistricting Showdown: Rep. Bob Onder on the 8th Circuit RulingVideo, about 4:53 to 5:12, interview with host Marc Cox on 97.1 FM Talk (St. Louis), posted September 22, 2026Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 25, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Onder argues that using a different map in the general election would nullify the primary and praises the ruling that requires the 2025 map, which defends that use. The closest competing label, condemns, does not fit because his criticism targets the state court's decision, not the use of the map.
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Richard von GlahnDirectly involved "Ballots have been printed, and Missourians have already voted … Thousands more will vote before this order seeks to take effect. Officials should stop wasting taxpayers’ money on pointless legal action and instead focus on administering our elections."
Open source (opens in a new tab)Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026CondemnedResponding to: Ordering Missouri to return to the 2025 map after ballots have been printed and mailed and voting has begun would create the electoral disorder that the Purcell principle exists to prevent.
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In a statement reported after the Eighth Circuit ruled that Missouri must use the 2025 map, von Glahn said "Ballots have been printed, and Missourians have already voted" and that officials should stop pursuing "pointless legal action." He said he was confident the U.S. Supreme Court would again find that the 2022 map would be used in November.
Role at the time: Executive director of People Not Politicians, the group that circulated the referendum petition and intervened in the federal case
Before the statement
The Eighth Circuit ruled on September 21, 2026 that Missouri must use the 2025 map in November and stayed its order until September 28. People Not Politicians attorney Chuck Hatfield said the group planned to appeal, the Missouri Independent reported.
After the statement
On September 25, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Eighth Circuit's mandate and the district court's injunctions that required the 2025 map.
Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Von Glahn says ballots have been printed and voting has begun, calls the legal effort to change the map "pointless" and says he expects the 2022 map to be used, which opposes using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because he opposes the outcome rather than disputing a description.
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Rick BrattinDirectly involved "Voters cast their primary ballots under this map, and they should be able to vote in the same districts for the general election … Changing the map halfway through an election forces people into different districts with candidates they never had a chance to choose in the primary. That defies common sense and undermines the entire electoral process."
Open source (opens in a new tab)Federal court says Missouri can't legally use 2022 voter map in NovemberArticle, September 21, 2026, quotation attributed to Sen. Rick Brattin in a statementOpen source (opens in a new tab)Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026Defended or excusedResponding to: Because Missouri held its August primary under the 2025 map, the U.S. Constitution requires it to use that same map in the November general election, and using the 2022 map instead would violate Article I, Section 2 and equal protection.
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In a statement on the Eighth Circuit's ruling, Brattin said voters cast their primary ballots under the 2025 map and "should be able to vote in the same districts for the general election." He said changing the map halfway through an election forces people into different districts with candidates they had no chance to choose in the primary.
Role at the time: Missouri state senator, Republican nominee for the 5th Congressional District and plaintiff in the federal lawsuit
Before the statement
The Eighth Circuit ruled on September 21 that Missouri must use the 2025 map in November, and it stayed its order until September 28.
After the statement
KOMU reported that Brattin is running in the 5th Congressional District, where the 2022 lines include a more liberal voter base than the 2025 lines.
Federal court says Missouri can't legally use 2022 voter map in NovemberArticle, September 21, 2026, quotation attributed to Sen. Rick Brattin in a statementAppeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Brattin argues that voters should vote in the same districts in the general election as in the primary, which defends using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because he states no condition on that position.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit "This Court holds that Missouri’s current plan to use the 2022 map in the November 2026 general election violates the Constitution. Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law. … Any confusion stems from the last-minute decision by a state court to switch the congressional map."
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Defended or excusedResponding to: Because Missouri held its August primary under the 2025 map, the U.S. Constitution requires it to use that same map in the November general election, and using the 2022 map instead would violate Article I, Section 2 and equal protection.
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In a per curiam opinion, a three-judge panel held that using the 2022 map in the November general election violates the Constitution. It directed the district court to enter a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map, stayed until September 28 so the Supreme Court could review. Judge Stras, concurring in part and dissenting in part, wrote that he would dismiss the appeal because People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn lack standing.
Role at the time: Per curiam opinion of a three-judge panel (Judges Loken, Stras and Smith) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Before the statement
The appeal was submitted to the panel on September 17 from Chief Judge Stephen Clark's September 8 order requiring the 2025 map, which the U.S. Supreme Court had stayed on September 10.
After the statement
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the panel's mandate and the resulting injunctions on September 25.
Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The panel holds that the Constitution requires that map and forbids the 2022 map, which supports using it, not merely permitting it. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because Judge Stras's separate view concerns standing and does not qualify the panel's holding.
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Richard von GlahnDirectly involved "The law is the law, the Missouri constitution is clear as was the Missouri Supreme Court … People, not politicians, will have the final say when they vote NO on Proposition A this November."
Open source (opens in a new tab)Supreme Court blocks Republican-favored Missouri election map, ending legal whiplash · ABC NewsArticle, September 10, 2026, statement of Richard von GlahnOpen source (opens in a new tab)US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026CondemnedResponding to: Under the Missouri Constitution, the referendum petition kept House Bill 1 from taking effect, so the 2022 map is the only valid congressional map and must be used in the 2026 general election.
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In a statement after the Supreme Court stayed the federal order requiring the 2025 map, von Glahn said "The law is the law" and that the Missouri constitution and the Supreme Court of Missouri were clear. He said voters "will have the final say when they vote NO on Proposition A this November."
Role at the time: Executive director of People Not Politicians, the group that circulated the referendum petition and intervened in the federal case
Before the statement
The Supreme Court on September 10 stayed Chief Judge Stephen Clark's order requiring the 2025 map, which revived the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, the Missouri Independent reported.
After the statement
On September 21, after the Eighth Circuit ruled the other way, von Glahn said he was confident the U.S. Supreme Court would again find that the 2022 map would be used in November.
Supreme Court blocks Republican-favored Missouri election map, ending legal whiplash · ABC NewsArticle, September 10, 2026, statement of Richard von GlahnUS Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 21, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Von Glahn welcomes the stay that leaves the 2022 map in place and says Missouri law is clear, which opposes using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because he defends the outcome as required by law rather than disputing a description.
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Emanuel CleaverDirectly involved"A win for justice. A win for democracy. A win for the people of Missouri. It is my hope that state officials will start following court orders and end this shameful attempt to break Missouri law and silence Missouri voters."
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Rep. Emanuel Cleaver on X: a win for justice, a win for democracy · Emanuel CleaverFull X post, published 2026-09-10 17:03 UTC (12:03 p.m. CDT), quoting an NBC News report on the Supreme Court's stayRead the original text (opens in a new tab)Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326Open source (opens in a new tab)US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTCondemnedResponding to: Under the Missouri Constitution, the referendum petition kept House Bill 1 from taking effect, so the 2022 map is the only valid congressional map and must be used in the 2026 general election.
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Cleaver responded to the Supreme Court's September 10 stay by calling it a win for justice, democracy and the people of Missouri. He said he hoped state officials would follow court orders and end what he called a "shameful attempt to break Missouri law and silence Missouri voters."
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Missouri's 5th District, posting on his official @repcleaver account
Before the statement
The Supreme Court's September 10 order stayed the federal order requiring the 2025 map. The Missouri Independent reported that the 2025 map was designed to make the 5th District, which Cleaver represents, more favorable to Republicans.
After the statement
Later on September 10, the Supreme Court of Missouri found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt, then ruled that he had purged the contempt by directing use of the 2022 map.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver on X: a win for justice, a win for democracy · Emanuel CleaverFull X post, published 2026-09-10 17:03 UTC (12:03 p.m. CDT), quoting an NBC News report on the Supreme Court's stayOrder in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTWhy this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Cleaver welcomes the stay that keeps the 2025 map out of the general election and criticizes the effort to use it as a breach of Missouri law, which condemns that use. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because he attaches no condition.
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D. John Sauer"Instead, it maintained the status quo ante by requiring Missouri to conduct its general election under the map that the State had used for the primary, and under which the voters, candidates, and political parties had long been operating. … This Court should deny the application for a stay."
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A326 · United States Department of JusticeBrief pp. 1, 15-16 and Conclusion, filed September 10, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Docket for No. 26A326, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 9 and 10, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Defended or excusedResponding to: Because Missouri held its August primary under the 2025 map, the U.S. Constitution requires it to use that same map in the November general election, and using the 2022 map instead would violate Article I, Section 2 and equal protection.
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In a brief for the United States supporting the respondents, Solicitor General Sauer told the Supreme Court that the district court's order maintained the status quo ante by requiring Missouri to hold its general election under the map used in the primary. He asked the Court to deny the stay application.
Role at the time: Solicitor General of the United States, filing a brief for the United States as amicus curiae in No. 26A326
Before the statement
People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn applied to the Court on September 9 to stay Chief Judge Stephen Clark's September 8 order requiring the 2025 map. Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins also opposed the stay, the Missouri Independent reported.
After the statement
The Court granted the stay later on September 10 without a noted dissent.
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A326 · United States Department of JusticeBrief pp. 1, 15-16 and Conclusion, filed September 10, 2026Docket for No. 26A326, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al. · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 9 and 10, 2026US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2026People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The brief argues that requiring the primary map preserves the status quo and asks the Court to leave that requirement in place, which defends using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because the brief defends the outcome itself, beyond any description of it.
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Catherine HanawayDirectly involved "Missouri is prepared to follow and comply with Chief Judge Clark's order that binds the state to using the Missouri FIRST map for the November General Election. We maintain that changing the congressional map in between the primary and general elections is simply not feasible and profoundly unjust to Missouri voters."
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on X: Missouri prepared to comply with Chief Judge Clark's order · Catherine HanawayFull X post, published 2026-09-08 22:52 UTC (5:52 p.m. CDT)Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Onder v. Missouri, No. 4:26-cv-01424-SRC, Memorandum and Order (E.D. Mo. Sept. 8, 2026)Doc. 35, pp. 1-13Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTRead the original text (opens in a new tab)Opposition to Application for Stay, State of Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, No. 26A388 · Catherine HanawayBrief, Introduction, pp. 1-3, filed September 23, 2026Defended or excusedCase context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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Hanaway said Missouri would comply with Chief Judge Stephen Clark's order requiring the 2025 map in November. She said the State maintains that changing the congressional map between the primary and general elections is not feasible and is "profoundly unjust to Missouri voters."
Role at the time: Attorney General of Missouri, posting on her official @AGCHanaway account
Before the statement
Chief Judge Stephen Clark issued an order on September 8 requiring Missouri to use the 2025 map, shortly after Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's application to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling.
After the statement
On September 10, after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed Clark's order, Hanaway said her office affirmed Hoskins's direction to local election authorities to use the 2022 map. On September 23, the Missouri Attorney General's Office told the Court that the State believes voting under the 2025 map better advances the public interest.
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on X: Missouri prepared to comply with Chief Judge Clark's order · Catherine HanawayFull X post, published 2026-09-08 22:52 UTC (5:52 p.m. CDT)Onder v. Missouri, No. 4:26-cv-01424-SRC, Memorandum and Order (E.D. Mo. Sept. 8, 2026)Doc. 35, pp. 1-13People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTOpposition to Application for Stay, State of Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, No. 26A388 · Catherine HanawayBrief, Introduction, pp. 1-3, filed September 23, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Hanaway argues that switching maps after the primary is unjust and infeasible, which defends using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because her compliance statement does not qualify that position.
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Mike KehoeDirectly involved "We are grateful for Chief Judge Clark’s decision to provide much-needed clarity for Missouri voters and the election process. With today marking the deadline for changes to the November ballot, the Missouri First Map will be used in the general election. Voters and candidates deserve consistency, certainty, and not to have the rules changed between elections."
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Gov. Mike Kehoe on X: Missouri First Map will be used in the general election · Mike KehoeFull X post, published 2026-09-08 23:07 UTC (6:07 p.m. CDT)Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Onder v. Missouri, No. 4:26-cv-01424-SRC, Memorandum and Order (E.D. Mo. Sept. 8, 2026)Doc. 35, pp. 1-13Read the original text (opens in a new tab)People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)Defended or excusedCase context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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Kehoe welcomed Chief Judge Stephen Clark's order and said the map used in the primary, which he calls the Missouri First Map, would be used in the general election. He said voters and candidates deserve consistency and certainty and should not have the rules changed between elections.
Role at the time: Governor of Missouri, posting on his official @GovMikeKehoe account
Before the statement
Chief Judge Stephen Clark issued an order on September 8 requiring Missouri to use the 2025 map, shortly after Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's application to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling.
After the statement
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed Clark's order on September 10. The Eighth Circuit recorded that the 2025 map was passed in an extraordinary session called by Kehoe.
Gov. Mike Kehoe on X: Missouri First Map will be used in the general election · Mike KehoeFull X post, published 2026-09-08 23:07 UTC (6:07 p.m. CDT)Onder v. Missouri, No. 4:26-cv-01424-SRC, Memorandum and Order (E.D. Mo. Sept. 8, 2026)Doc. 35, pp. 1-13People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesSlip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026) · Supreme Court of the United StatesOrder list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam) · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Kehoe supports that use and objects to changing rules between the primary and the general election. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because he defends the outcome rather than disputing a description.
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Republican National Committee"It is difficult to imagine a judicial action that could sow more confusion among the electorate or inflict more damage to the public’s confidence in the integrity of the congressional elections than the relief the Missouri Supreme Court granted."
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Intervenors-Respondents' Brief in Support of Applicant's Emergency Application for Stay, Hoskins v. Von Glahn, No. 26A304 · Republican National CommitteeBrief p. 2, filed September 4, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 4 to September 8, 2026Read the original text (opens in a new tab)von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14Defended or excusedCase context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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In a brief supporting Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's stay application, the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Missouri Republican State Committee wrote that it is difficult to imagine a judicial action that could "sow more confusion among the electorate" than the relief the Supreme Court of Missouri granted. They asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant Hoskins's application.
Role at the time: National party committee, filing as intervenor-respondent with the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Missouri Republican State Committee
Before the statement
The Supreme Court of Missouri had ruled on September 3 that the 2022 map remains in force for the November general election, and Hoskins applied to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 4 for a stay.
After the statement
Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Hoskins's application on September 8.
Intervenors-Respondents' Brief in Support of Applicant's Emergency Application for Stay, Hoskins v. Von Glahn, No. 26A304 · Republican National CommitteeBrief p. 2, filed September 4, 2026Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn · Supreme Court of the United StatesProceedings and Orders, entries dated September 4 to September 8, 2026von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The committees oppose the state court's order, which barred that map, and ask the Court to stay it, which defends using the map. The closest competing label, condemns, does not fit because their criticism is aimed at the state court, not at the use of the map.
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Donald Trump"The Missouri Supreme Court just ridiculously ruled in favor of changing the maps back to what they were a long time ago. It’s called, Ancient History! The problem is, according to Legal Scholars, that not only was the ruling horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional, but there won’t be enough time to change the map back with the Election coming up in a very short period of time. The Election Process, as usual, is being disturbed in America! Missouri must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary. This is a Dark Day for “Justice” in Missouri!"
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Donald Trump says Missouri must be able to use the primary map · Donald TrumpTruth Social post 117209653242980598, published September 3, 2026 at 7:16 p.m. EDTOpen source (opens in a new tab)Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)After hearing from Trump, Missouri GOP muscle gerrymandered map forward in state Senate · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2025Defended or excusedCase context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling was "horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional" and that there would not be enough time to change the map back. He said Missouri "must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary."
Role at the time: President of the United States, posting on his Truth Social account
Before the statement
The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that day that the 2025 map cannot be used in the November general election. In September 2025, Trump had urged the Missouri Senate on social media to pass the map as it was.
After the statement
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said the same day that her office would seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Donald Trump says Missouri must be able to use the primary map · Donald TrumpTruth Social post 117209653242980598, published September 3, 2026 at 7:16 p.m. EDTMissouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026After hearing from Trump, Missouri GOP muscle gerrymandered map forward in state Senate · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 10, 2025Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Trump says Missouri must be able to use the primary map, which is the 2025 map. His criticism of the state court is criticism of a third party, so the closest competing label, condemns, does not fit the reference point.
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Denny HoskinsDirectly involved "Today’s Missouri Supreme Court rulings ignite nothing short of a Constitutional crisis. No court has ever rejected a congressional map that had already been used in an election, as the Missouri First Map was in the August primary. We may have lost the battle today, but the war to preserve our constitutional republic is far from over."
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Statement from Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, CPA (September 3, 2026) · Denny HoskinsMissouri Secretary of State news release, For Immediate Release: Sept. 3, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTDefended or excusedCase context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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In a news release on the day of the Supreme Court of Missouri's rulings, Hoskins said no court has ever rejected a congressional map that had already been used in an election. He added, "We may have lost the battle today, but the war to preserve our constitutional republic is far from over."
Role at the time: Missouri Secretary of State, the state's chief election official and a defendant in the state and federal cases
Before the statement
On September 2, after the Supreme Court of Missouri heard argument, Hoskins said he intended to run the November election in the boundaries drawn in 2025, and that he would use the 2025 map if the court's order did not specify the 2022 map, according to the Missouri Independent.
After the statement
On September 10, the Supreme Court of Missouri found Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use the 2025 map, then ruled that he had purged the contempt after he directed them to use the 2022 map.
Statement from Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, CPA (September 3, 2026) · Denny HoskinsMissouri Secretary of State news release, For Immediate Release: Sept. 3, 2026Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt · St. Louis Public RadioArticle, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDTWhy this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Hoskins treats the ruling that bars the map from the general election as a constitutional crisis and says the fight continues, which defends using the map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because his objection is to the map being barred, not to how it is described.
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Supreme Court of Missouri "HB 1 is not the law and has never been the law. There is only one valid congressional redistricting in effect—the congressional redistricting the General Assembly established in 2022. … The congressional redistricting the General Assembly established in 2022 remains in full force and effect for the November 2026 general election."
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14Open source (opens in a new tab)Missouri redistricting referendum blocked by secretary of state, drawing lawsuit · Missouri IndependentArticle, August 4, 2026Open source (opens in a new tab)Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026CondemnedResponding to: Under the Missouri Constitution, the referendum petition kept House Bill 1 from taking effect, so the 2022 map is the only valid congressional map and must be used in the 2026 general election.
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In a unanimous en banc opinion by Judge Ginger Gooch, the court said House Bill 1 "is not the law and has never been the law" and that the 2022 districts remain in force for the November 2026 general election. It ordered Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to certify the referendum petition and enjoined him from using the 2025 map.
Role at the time: Unanimous en banc opinion of Missouri's highest court, written by Judge Ginger K. Gooch
Before the statement
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins declared the referendum petition unconstitutional on August 4, 2026, the day of the primary, and the primary was held in the boundaries drawn in 2025.
After the statement
Hoskins issued a statement the same day calling the rulings a constitutional crisis, and Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said her office would seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.
von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc) · Supreme Court of MissouriOpinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14Missouri redistricting referendum blocked by secretary of state, drawing lawsuit · Missouri IndependentArticle, August 4, 2026Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote · Missouri IndependentArticle, September 3, 2026Why this label?
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The court holds that the map never took effect and enjoins its use in that election. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because the court goes beyond disputing a description and directs that the map not be used.
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Sources
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Original text
People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388: per curiam order granting stay (September 25, 2026)
Relevant passage: Slip opinion pp. 1-5 (per curiam), September 25, 2026
Excerpt
"At this late date, ordering reversion to the 2025 map in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos."
About this source
Unsigned per curiam order on an application that Circuit Justice Brett Kavanaugh referred to the full Court. It stays the Eighth Circuit's September 21 mandate and September 22 order and the district court's September 21 and 22 injunctions, keeps the Court's September 10 stay in place, and says the lower courts should not prohibit use of the 2022 map or require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. The text of the order shows no separate opinion or noted dissent.
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- Supreme Court of the United States (per curiam)
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Official statement
Governor Kehoe's Statement on SCOTUS's Congressional Map Decision (September 25, 2026)
Relevant passage: Governor's office official statement, September 25, 2026
Excerpt
"Nevertheless, Missouri will follow the Court’s order."
About this source
Official statement from the governor's office issued the day the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the federal orders requiring the 2025 map.
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- Mike Kehoe
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Original text
Opposition to Application for Stay, State of Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, No. 26A388
Relevant passage: Brief, Introduction, pp. 1-3, filed September 23, 2026
Excerpt
"the State believes that voting under the 2025 map better advances the public interest"
About this source
Brief filed by the Missouri Attorney General's Office for the State of Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. It asks the Court to deny the stay, says the State believes voting under the 2025 map better advances the public interest, and says Missouri will not be able to run an orderly general election whichever way the Court rules.
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- Louis J. Capozzi III, Solicitor General, Missouri Attorney General's Office
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Original text
Plaintiffs-Respondents' Brief in Opposition to Applicants' Renewed Emergency Application, No. 26A388
Relevant passage: Brief, Introduction, pp. 1-2, filed September 23, 2026
Excerpt
"held that the Constitution forbids Missouri from using a different congressional map in the November general election than the one it used for the August primary"
About this source
Opposition brief filed for the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit. It relies on the Eighth Circuit's September 21 holding that the Constitution forbids Missouri from using a different map in the general election than in the primary.
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- Congressman Robert Onder, Richard Brattin, Patricia Thomas and Debra Havens (plaintiffs-respondents)
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Original text
Emergency Application for Stay, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A388
Relevant passage: Application, Introduction, pp. 1-2, filed September 22, 2026
Excerpt
"That is the electoral disorder Purcell exists to prevent"
About this source
Application by People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn asking the Court to clarify that its September 10 stay covers the Eighth Circuit's permanent injunction or, alternatively, to stay the Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling.
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- Abha Khanna, Elias Law Group, counsel for People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn
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Reporting
Hoskins agrees to use 2022 congressional map as Missouri Supreme Court finds him in contempt
Relevant passage: Article, published September 10, 2026 12:54 p.m. CDT and updated 8:15 p.m. CDT
Excerpt
"My Office is directing local election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map"
About this source
Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 10 contempt hearing for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, his statement directing local election authorities to use the 2022 map, and statements from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, attorney Chuck Hatfield and Rep. Bob Onder.
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- Sarah Kellogg
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Reporting
In blow to Democrats, Missouri Supreme Court upholds map that targets Rep. Cleaver
Relevant passage: Article, May 12, 2026
Excerpt
"did not automatically prevent a GOP-friendly congressional map from going into effect"
About this source
Report that the Supreme Court of Missouri unanimously ruled on May 12, 2026 that submitting referendum signatures did not automatically prevent the 2025 map from going into effect.
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- Jason Rosenbaum
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Reporting
Missouri redistricting referendum blocked by secretary of state, drawing lawsuit
Relevant passage: Article, August 4, 2026
Excerpt
"Whether they had one signature or 500 million signatures doesn’t really matter because they are unconstitutional"
About this source
Report that Secretary of State Denny Hoskins declared the referendum petition unconstitutional a few hours before polls closed in the August 4 primary, and that People Not Politicians sued in Cole County Circuit Court that night.
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- Rudi Keller
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Reporting
Gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits sent to Missouri governor
Relevant passage: Article, September 12, 2025
Excerpt
"The Senate voted 21-11 to give them final approval Friday afternoon"
About this source
Report on the Missouri Senate's September 12, 2025 final approval of the congressional map, the legislature's reconvening at President Donald Trump's urging, and People Not Politicians' announcement that it had filed a referendum.
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- Jason Hancock
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Reporting
After hearing from Trump, Missouri GOP muscle gerrymandered map forward in state Senate
Relevant passage: Article, September 10, 2025
Excerpt
"The Missouri Senate must pass this Map now, AS IS"
About this source
Report that President Donald Trump demanded on social media on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 that the Missouri Senate pass the House-approved congressional map.
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- Rudi Keller
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Reporting
US Supreme Court again blocks Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map
Relevant passage: Article, September 25, 2026
Excerpt
"In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map"
About this source
Report on the Supreme Court's September 25 order, with the sequence of court actions since September 3, the filings of Missouri and the plaintiffs, and county election officials' account of absentee voting under the 2022 map.
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- Rudi Keller
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Reporting
Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote
Relevant passage: Article, September 3, 2026
Excerpt
"Our office will move immediately to seek relief from (the United States Supreme Court)"
About this source
Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, with reactions from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Richard von Glahn and President Donald Trump.
- Author
- Rudi Keller
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Original text
Brief of Amici Curiae Campaign Legal Center, ACLU of Missouri Foundation and ACLU Foundation, No. 26A388
Relevant passage: Brief, Summary of Argument, p. 3, filed September 23, 2026
Excerpt
"election administration has proceeded under the 2022 map, ballots have already been mailed, and voting has begun."
About this source
Amicus brief supporting the applicants, People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, in their September 22 application to stay the Eighth Circuit's ruling.
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- Campaign Legal Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
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Reporting
US Supreme Court again blocks use of Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map
Relevant passage: Article, September 10, 2026
Excerpt
"The law is the law, the Missouri Constitution is clear as was the Missouri Supreme Court,"
About this source
Report on the Supreme Court's September 10 stay. It quotes Richard von Glahn's emailed statement, notes that the U.S. solicitor general joined Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in opposing the stay, and describes the order as unsigned with no publicly noted dissent.
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- Jason Hancock
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Reporting
Supreme Court blocks Republican-favored Missouri election map, ending legal whiplash
Relevant passage: Article, September 10, 2026, statement of Richard von Glahn
Excerpt
"The law is the law, the Missouri constitution is clear as was the Missouri Supreme Court"
About this source
ABC News reports the Supreme Court's September 10 stay and quotes a statement from Richard von Glahn, executive director of People Not Politicians.
- Author
- Devin Dwyer
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Original post
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver on X: a win for justice, a win for democracy
Excerpt
"A win for justice. A win for democracy. A win for the people of Missouri."
About this source
Post from Cleaver's official congressional account, a government-verified account, responding to the Supreme Court's September 10 order.
- Author
- Emanuel Cleaver
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Reporting
Appeals court backs Missouri's gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold
Relevant passage: Article, September 21, 2026
Excerpt
"Voters cast their primary ballots under this map, and they should be able to vote in the same districts for the general election."
About this source
Report on the Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling, with statements from Sen. Rick Brattin and Richard von Glahn.
- Author
- Rudi Keller
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Reporting
Federal court says Missouri can't legally use 2022 voter map in November
Relevant passage: Article, September 21, 2026, quotation attributed to Sen. Rick Brattin in a statement
Excerpt
"That defies common sense and undermines the entire electoral process."
About this source
KOMU reports the Eighth Circuit ruling and quotes Sen. Rick Brattin's full statement. The Missouri Independent and KSHB report the first sentence of the same statement.
- Author
- KOMU 8 News
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Interview
Missouri Redistricting Showdown: Rep. Bob Onder on the 8th Circuit Ruling
Excerpt
"an excellent decision yesterday by the Eighth Circuit"
About this source
Radio interview posted by 97.1 FM Talk the morning after the Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling. The host describes Onder as the lead plaintiff in the federal case. The quoted passage is Onder's answer about the primary election.
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- Marc Cox, 97.1 FM Talk
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Original text
Intervenors-Respondents' Brief in Support of Applicant's Emergency Application for Stay, Hoskins v. Von Glahn, No. 26A304
Relevant passage: Brief p. 2, filed September 4, 2026
Excerpt
"It is difficult to imagine a judicial action that could sow more confusion among the electorate"
About this source
Brief filed by three Republican party committees as intervenors, supporting Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's application to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling. The docket lists the filing as the response of the Republican National Committee, et al.
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- Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and Missouri Republican State Committee
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Original text
Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents, People Not Politicians v. Onder, No. 26A326
Relevant passage: Brief pp. 1, 15-16 and Conclusion, filed September 10, 2026
Excerpt
"This Court should deny the application for a stay."
About this source
Brief filed by the Solicitor General for the United States supporting the respondents, including Missouri and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. It argues that the applicants lack appellate standing, are unlikely to succeed on appeal, and that the equities do not support a stay.
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- D. John Sauer, Solicitor General
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Official statement
Donald Trump says Missouri must be able to use the primary map
Relevant passage: Truth Social post 117209653242980598, published September 3, 2026 at 7:16 p.m. EDT
Excerpt
"Missouri must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary."
About this source
Trump's own post on Truth Social, published hours after the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling. The archived copy is an independent archive of his Truth Social posts.
- Author
- Donald J. Trump
- Published
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Official statement
Statement from Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, CPA (September 3, 2026)
Relevant passage: Missouri Secretary of State news release, For Immediate Release: Sept. 3, 2026
Excerpt
"No court has ever rejected a congressional map that had already been used in an election, as the Missouri First Map was in the August primary."
About this source
News release issued after the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 rulings on the referendum petition on House Bill 1.
- Author
- Denny Hoskins
- Published
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Original post
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on X: Missouri prepared to comply with Chief Judge Clark's order
Excerpt
"We maintain that changing the congressional map in between the primary and general elections is simply not feasible and profoundly unjust to Missouri voters."
About this source
Post from the attorney general's official account, published the evening Chief Judge Stephen Clark issued his temporary restraining order.
- Author
- Catherine Hanaway
- Published
- Accessed
Original post
Gov. Mike Kehoe on X: Missouri First Map will be used in the general election
Excerpt
"With today marking the deadline for changes to the November ballot, the Missouri First Map will be used in the general election."
About this source
Post from the governor's official account, a government-verified account, published the evening Chief Judge Stephen Clark issued his temporary restraining order.
- Author
- Mike Kehoe
- Published
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Original text
Onder v. Missouri, No. 4:26-cv-01424-SRC, Memorandum and Order (E.D. Mo. Sept. 8, 2026)
Relevant passage: Doc. 35, pp. 1-13
Excerpt
"Plaintiffs face irreparable harm absent a TRO because many Missouri voters would have to cast their general-election votes for candidates whom they had no role in nominating."
About this source
Temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Rep. Bob Onder, Rick Brattin and two voters. It directs Missouri to use the 2025 map (House Bill 1) for the November 2026 general election. The Supreme Court stayed this order on September 10.
- Author
- Chief Judge Stephen R. Clark, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
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Original text
Onder v. Missouri, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sept. 21, 2026) (per curiam)
Relevant passage: Opinion pp. 3-4 (holding), pp. 33-35 (Part VI) and pp. 35-40 (Stras, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
Excerpt
"Only use of the 2025 map complies with the Constitution and federal law."
About this source
Published per curiam opinion affirming Chief Judge Stephen Clark's temporary restraining order and directing entry of a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map, with the injunction administratively stayed until September 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. Central time. Judge Stras concurred in part and dissented in part, writing that he would dismiss the appeal because People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn lack standing.
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- Judges Loken, Stras and Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
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Original text
von Glahn v. Hoskins, No. SC101805 (Mo. Sept. 3, 2026) (en banc)
Relevant passage: Opinion, footnote 8 and pp. 12-14
Excerpt
"HB 1 is not the law and has never been the law."
About this source
Unanimous opinion reversing the Cole County Circuit Court. It holds that the referendum petition on House Bill 1 was legal, sufficient and timely, orders the Secretary of State to certify it for the November 2026 ballot, and enjoins him from using the 2025 map in the November 2026 general election unless voters approve it.
- Author
- Judge Ginger K. Gooch, Supreme Court of Missouri
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Original text
Order in pending case 26A326, People Not Politicians v. Onder (September 10, 2026)
Relevant passage: Order list of September 10, 2026, No. 26A326
Excerpt
"The application for stay presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is granted."
About this source
One-page unsigned order staying the district court's September 8 order pending the Eighth Circuit appeal and any timely petition for certiorari. The order gives no reasoning.
- Author
- Supreme Court of the United States
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Original text
Docket for No. 26A304, Denny Hoskins v. Richard Von Glahn
Relevant passage: Proceedings and Orders, entries dated September 4 to September 8, 2026
Excerpt
"Application (26A304) denied by Justice Kavanaugh."
About this source
The Court's docket records Secretary of State Denny Hoskins's September 4 application to stay the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, the responses and amicus briefs filed September 4 to 7, and Justice Kavanaugh's September 8 denial.
- Author
- Supreme Court of the United States
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Original text
Docket for No. 26A326, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al.
Relevant passage: Proceedings and Orders, entries dated September 9 and 10, 2026
Excerpt
"Application (26A326) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh."
About this source
The Court's docket records the September 9 stay application, the responses and briefs filed September 9 and 10, including the brief of the United States, and the September 10 order granting the stay.
- Author
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Published
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Original text
Docket for No. 26A388, People Not Politicians, et al. v. Robert Onder, et al.
Relevant passage: Proceedings and Orders, entries dated September 22 to September 25, 2026
Excerpt
"Application (26A388) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh."
About this source
The Court's docket records the September 22 stay application, the September 23 responses and amicus briefs, and the September 25 order granting the stay.
- Author
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Published
- Accessed