The Missouri Democratic Party says it is confident "Missourians will vote under the 2022 maps"
Missouri Democratic PartyState political party, posting on its @MoDemParty account
The Missouri Democratic Party posted that ballots have been printed and that the so-called "Missouri First" maps are not "the law of the land" and "have never been". It said it was confident the matter would soon be resolved and that "Missourians will vote under the 2022 maps", and it added "NO on Proposition A".
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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.
“Ballots have been printed, the election is in 43 days, and the so-called “Missouri First” maps are still not the law of the land — and have never been. We are confident that this will soon be resolved and that Missourians will vote under the 2022 maps — and NO on Proposition A.”
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Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
Missouri lawmakers passed a new congressional map, House Bill 1, in September 2025, and the State used it in the August 4, 2026 primary. On September 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that a referendum petition kept the map from taking effect and that the 2022 map remains in force for the November general election. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and President Donald Trump said in early September that the primary map should be used in November, and the Eighth Circuit held on September 21 that using the 2022 map violates the U.S. Constitution. People Not Politicians, the Campaign Legal Center and the ACLU argued that Missouri law makes the 2022 map the only valid map and that ballots had been mailed under it. On September 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an unsigned per curiam order that records no dissent, stayed the federal injunctions, said that under state law the 2022 map must be used, and said lower courts should not require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 election. Kehoe called that decision disappointing and said Missouri will follow the order.
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Post from the @MoDemParty account, which the party's official website links, on the day of the Eighth Circuit's ruling.
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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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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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Report on the Eighth Circuit's September 21 ruling, with statements from Sen. Rick Brattin and Richard von Glahn.
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On September 21, the Eighth Circuit held that using the 2022 map in the November general election violates the Constitution and directed entry of a permanent injunction requiring the 2025 map. The Missouri Independent reported that the court put the decision on hold.
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On September 25, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Eighth Circuit's mandate and the district court's injunctions and said lower courts should not require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 election.
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The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. The party says the 2025 maps are not the law and that Missourians will vote under the 2022 maps, which rejects using the 2025 map. The closest competing label, “Challenged the characterization”, loses because the post states a legal conclusion and an expected outcome and does more than dispute a label.
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