US Supreme Court again rejects effort to use Missouri GOP redistricting map

The Supreme Court's decision Thursday appears to be the end of the push to use a 2025 redistricting map that favored Republicans in the midterm elections.

By Kevin Killough

Published: September 10, 2026 10:43am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused for the second time to intervene in a fight over redistricting maps in Missouri.

On Tuesday, a federal judge in Missouri temporarily blocked the state from using its 2022 congressional districts in the midterms. That ruling came just moments after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a decision from the Missouri Supreme Court ordering Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to use the 2022 map.

An anti-gerrymandering group, People Not Politicians, on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's order from Tuesday night, mandating Missouri use a GOP redistricting map.

The Supreme Court's decision Thursday appears to be the end of the push to use the 2025 redistricting map, the Associated Press reported.