Kavanaugh won’t revive Missouri’s GOP-friendly congressional map for midterms
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday declined to reinstate Missouri’s recently drawn congressional map that had been seen as likely to produce a Republican pickup in the upcoming midterm elections. The ultimate status of the map remains unresolved after a related decision in a separate lawsuit in Missouri’s courts.
Why It Matters
Had it been restored, the map — drawn as a 7-1 plan — could have shifted at least one U.S. House seat toward Republicans this November. The ongoing legal uncertainty leaves parties and voters without a settled map as the midterms approach.
Key Facts
- Supreme Court justice: Brett Kavanaugh
- Action taken: Refused to restore Missouri's new congressional map
- Timing: Tuesday
- Potential impact: Poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November midterms
- Map configuration: 7-1 House map
A single Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh, on Tuesday declined to reinstate Missouri’s newly drawn congressional map ahead of the midterm elections. The plan had been described as favorable to Republicans and was seen as creating an opportunity for the party to gain a seat in the U.S. House this November.
The contested map is a 7-1 configuration that Missouri Republicans have sought to put back into effect. Its future is not settled: a ruling in a separate lawsuit at the state level has left the map’s legal status unclear going into the election season.
Kavanaugh’s refusal means the Supreme Court will not immediately overturn whatever action the state or lower courts have taken regarding the map. Because the issue remains tied up in litigation, parties on both sides face uncertainty about what district lines will apply to voters and candidates.
Missouri officials and Republican leaders have indicated a desire to return to the contested 7-1 plan, but with parallel legal challenges still unresolved, the final outcome for the Show Me State’s congressional map remains to be determined.
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Original source: The Hill