SCOTUS denies Missouri request to halt voter map ruling | State News | komu.com +4 ## A federal district judge temporarily ordered Missouri to use the 2025 gerrymandered map in the November election, while the U.S.
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## A federal district judge temporarily ordered Missouri to use the 2025 gerrymandered map in the November election, while the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an appeal in the case
- KOMU 8 Digital Staff - Sep 8, 2026 - 2 hrs ago
A federal district judge ordered Missouri to use the 2025 gerrymandered map in the November election, while SCOTUS threw out an appeal in the case.
COLUMBIA — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request from Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to halt a state Supreme Court ruling that requires the state to use its 2022 congressional map in the November election and place the gerrymandered map drawn in 2025 on the ballot.
But in another decision Tuesday afternoon, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted a temporary restraining order and told the state to continue using the gerrymandered map pending a final decision.
A federal judge in a third case said a decision would be made after the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on Hoskins' request for a stay on the Missouri Supreme Court's ruling.
The deadline for Missouri's November 2026 ballot to be finalized was 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Follow live updates to this developing story below. Find background about Missouri's congressional redistricting effort at the bottom of this story.
### 8:25 p.m.: People Not Politicians asks for Hoskins to be held in contempt
People Not Politicians Missouri filed an emergency motion with the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday night asking the court to hold Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt of court for using the 2025 congressional map in the November election.
People Not Politicians argues in the court filing that the federal district court that temporarily ordered the use of the 2025 gerrymandered map does not have the authority to overrule the Missouri Supreme Court's decision mandating the use of the 2022 map in the November election.
The filing included a screenshot of an email that the filing said Hoskins sent to election officials Tuesday evening directing them to use the 2025 map. The filing also cited a statement from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, whose office has represented Hoskins in court, saying the state intends to use the gerrymandered map for the November election.
People Not Politicians in the filing asked the Missouri Supreme Court to clearly order Hoskins to comply with its injunction blocking the use of the 2025 map and instruct all local election authorities that the 2025 map "is not the law and has never been the law."
### 7:50 p.m.: Explaining Missouri's congressional map situation
> @komu8news > > Conflicting results from multiple federal cases are creating confusion over which congressional map Missouri is going to use in the November election. Here is what we know. > > ♬ original sound - KOMU 8 News
### 6:30 p.m.: Republican 5th Congressional District hopeful weighs in
State Sen. Rick Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville who is running for Congress in Missouri's 5th Congressional District, released a statement Tuesday evening on the pair of federal decisions.
"While I am disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court was not able to grant relief, I understand that the standard for review in our nation’s highest court limits what they can do in an unprecedented case such as this one," Brattin said in the statement. "I am glad for the citizens of our state that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a temporary restraining order that will allow the use of the Missouri First map for the general election, ensuring voters will not be disenfranchised by being forced to vote in a different district for November. The stakes are high for our nation in the upcoming election and I look forward to continuing to campaign across the 5th District, where I know many voters feel like it’s time to send eleven-term incumbent Emanuel Cleaver home."
The 5th Congressional District lines in the 2025 map include rural voters who are much more likely to favor Brattin than the Kansas City voters who were in the 5th Congressional District as drawn in the 2022 congressional map.
Brattin has previously involved himself in the redistricting fight, calling for county clerks, including the Boone County clerk, to use the gerrymandered map ahead of the August primary election.
### 6:20 p.m. Missouri's top election official indicates redrawn map will be used in November
Republican Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins posted a statement to social media on Tuesday afternoon following a federal district judge's decision temporarily ordering him to use the 2025 gerrymandered congressional map for the November election.
"This victory halts a full-on constitutional crisis," Hoskins wrote on social media. "It ensures the candidates Missourians nominated in the August primary election are the same candidates running in the same congressional districts they will vote on in the November general election."
### 6:10 p.m.: Kehoe says gerrymandered map will be used in November election
Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said the state will use the 2025 gerrymandered congressional map in the November 2026 election, citing a decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
"We are grateful for Chief Judge Clark’s decision to provide much-needed clarity for Missouri voters and the election process," Kehoe said in a statement posted to social media. "With today marking the deadline for changes to the November ballot, the Missouri First Map will be used in the general election. Voters and candidates deserve consistency, certainty, and not to have the rules changed between elections."
> We are grateful for Chief Judge Clark’s decision to provide much-needed clarity for Missouri voters and the election process. With today marking the deadline for changes to the November ballot, the Missouri First Map will be used in the general election. Voters and candidates… pic.twitter.com/guLEKztbh5 > > — Governor Mike Kehoe (@GovMikeKehoe) September 8, 2026
### 5:45 p.m.: Missouri AG says state will use gerrymandered map in November
Republican Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, in response to a federal district court ruling ordering the use of the 2025 map in November, said the state will use the newly drawn district lines for the general election.
"Missouri is prepared to follow and comply with Chief Judge Clark's order that binds the state to using the Missouri First map for the November General Election," Hanaway said in the statement. "We appreciate Judge Clark's support of the rights of Missouri voters, and intend to comply with this federal ruling. We maintain that changing the congressional map in between the primary and general elections is simply not feasible and profoundly unjust to Missouri voters."
Hanaway's statement did not address the U.S. Supreme Court's decision.
> Missouri is prepared to follow and comply with Chief Judge Clark's order that binds the state to using the Missouri FIRST map for the November General Election. We maintain that changing the congressional map in between the primary and general elections is simply not feasible and… https://t.co/Ha3V07jaJ9 > > — Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway (@AGCHanaway) September 8, 2026
### 5:30 p.m.: Federal district court orders use of 2025 map
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily ordered Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to use the 2025 congressional map in the November election.
Judge Stephen Clark of the Eastern District of Missouri ordered that Hoskins must implement the gerrymandered map, only days after the Missouri Supreme Court mandated the use of the 2022 map, and hours after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Hoskins' request for a stay on the Missouri Supreme Court's decision.
People Not Politicians Missouri, an intervenor in the ca