Secretary of State Denny Hoskins says the Missouri Supreme Court rulings "ignite nothing short of a Constitutional crisis"
Missouri Secretary of State, the state's chief election official and a defendant in the state and federal cases
“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.”
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News release issued after the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 rulings on the referendum petition on House Bill 1.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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Why 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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Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
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Read the full case“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 statement
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 statement
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 statement