Supreme Court for the third time rejects Republican redistricting push in Missouri - NBC News

The U.S. Supreme Court on September 25, 2026, for the third time blocked Missouri Republicans' attempt to use a new 2025 congressional map in the ongoing midterm elections, with no dissents recorded.
The court overturned an appeals court ruling that sought to revive the map, stating that reverting to it "in the midst of an ongoing election would usher in electoral chaos" since voting has already begun.
Missouri has started sending ballots to military and overseas voters, and some absentee voting began the Tuesday before the ruling, prompting justices to cite their standard against altering election rules on the eve of an election.
The November election will proceed under the 2022 map, which contains six Republican-held seats and two Democratic-held seats.
The 2025 map would have eliminated one Democratic district held by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, part of a nationwide Republican redistricting effort urged by President Donald Trump, which prompted Democratic-led states like California to redraw their own maps.
The court granted an emergency application from People Not Politicians, whose executive director Richard von Glahn called the effort a "DC power grab," while Cleaver said he was "very happy" the "manufactured chaos" was finally settled.