Supreme Court on Sunday after the justices rejected efforts to revive a Republican-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time this month. "The Supreme Court of the United States will just not let Missouri have an Election Victory," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "They continuously, three times now, overrule Judges who came to the correct decisions." Trump thanked Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe and supporters in the state "who are fighting so hard for Fairness and Election Security," adding that he had won Missouri "BIG, all three times." The post marks Trump's latest response to a redistricting battle that Republicans hoped would help them gain an additional U.S.
House seat in this year's midterms elections. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment on Sunday. Friday's decision was the latest setback for Republicans seeking to implement a congressional map approved by Missouri lawmakers in 2025 and backed by Trump.
In an unsigned opinion, the justices said switching maps at such a late stage would create "electoral chaos" and allowed Missouri to continue using the congressional districts adopted after the 2020 census. The court also emphasized in its unsigned opinion that the election process was already underway. "Ballots using the 2022 map have been printed and mailed," the justices wrote.
"Absentee voting has already begun, as has military and overseas voting." The court also cited Missouri election officials, who said it was "practically impossible" to revert to the 2025 map at that point. The ruling leaves voters casting ballots under the same district lines used in Missouri's 2022 and 2024 elections. Republicans currently hold six of Missouri's eight seats in the U.S.
House and had sought to use the revised map to create an opportunity to gain a seventh seat. "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," Kehoe posted Friday on X. "Voters deserved consistency and certainty, and not for the rules to be changed between elections.
Nevertheless, Missouri will follow the Court’s order." The dispute centers on a congressional map approved by Missouri Republicans in 2025. Supporters argued the map more accurately reflected Missouri's Republican lean, while opponents said it was designed to strengthen the GOP's hold on power. The battle escalated after the group People Not Politicians gathered signatures for a statewide referendum challenging the map.
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