Supreme Court Blocks Missouri's GOP-Drawn Congressional Map from November Midterms

Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Missouri's emergency stay request on September 8, 2026, leaving the state to run November midterms under the older 2022 congressional map. The Missouri Supreme Court had ruled that the Republican-backed HB 1, designed to help the GOP gain a House seat, must first go before voters in a referendum. Republicans lose friendlier terrain in a chamber they control narrowly.