Today:

Governor Kehoe Signs Missouri First Map into Law
SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

Jefferson City — Today, Governor Mike Kehoe signed House Bill (HB) 1 of the One Hundred Third General Assembly’s Second Extraordinary Session of the First Regular Session into law. HB 1, sponsored by Representative Dirk Deaton and Senator Rusty Black, creates provisions for redistricting federal congressional seats.

“I was proud to officially sign the Missouri First Map into law today ahead of the 2026 midterm election,” said Governor Kehoe. “Missourians are more alike than we are different, and our values, across both sides of the aisle, are closer to each other than those of the congressional representation of states like New York, California, and Illinois. We believe this map best represents Missourians, and I appreciate the support and efforts of state legislators, our congressional delegation, and President Trump in getting this map to my desk.”

On August 29, Governor Kehoe convened the General Assembly for a special session to enact legislation establishing updated congressional districts for the State of Missouri and amending the state’s initiative petition process. Governor Kehoe worked with the General Assembly to pass the Missouri First Map in HB 1, a more compact, contiguous map that was created by Governor Kehoe’s team.

Highlights of the Missouri First Map:

Splits fewer counties and municipalities than the current map.
Preserves two congressional districts as currently drawn.
Retains every current member of Missouri’s congressional delegation in their current districts.
On September 12, the General Assembly truly agreed to and finally passed the Missouri First Map in House Bill 1 and the “Protect Missouri Voters” amendment in House Joint Resolution 3, which will be placed on the ballot for voter approval.

Additional information on the map will be available at this link through the Office of Administration’s Redistricting Office. For more information on HB 1, visit house.mo.gov.

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“…Missourians are more alike than we are different, and our values, across both sides of the aisle, are closer to each other than those of the congressional representation of states like New York, California, and Illinois…”

He thinks we’re all stupid.

Math is hard:

[….]
Again, the numbers:

Total Congressional Vote in Missouri: 2,924,863

With a range of total votes among the 8 Congressional Districts (lowest/highest): 307,265/428,392

Total Republican votes: 1,711,050 Percentage of total vote: 58.50%

Total Democratic votes: 1,095,671 Percentage of total vote: 37.46%

Current Party Distribution of Congressional Seats in Missouri (8 total):

Republican (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8): 6 seats 75%
Democratic: (1, 5): 2 seats 25%

What Gov. Mike Kehoe (r) and the other Trump (r) enablers and sycophants in the Missouri General Assembly want from this special session:

Republican (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8): 7 seats 87.5%
Democrats: (1): 1 seat 12.5%

What would actually reflect and represent the population of Missouri?:

Republican: 5 seats 62.5%
Democratic: 3 seats 37.5%

That’s pretty darn close to 58.50% and 37.46%, don’t you think?
[….]

Gross underrepresentation is Un-American.

Previously:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – on Donald Trump’s (r) early redistricting scam (August 29, 2025)

Hey, Brandon Phelps (r), are you going to vote for this gerrymandered bullshit? (August 30, 2025)