If Texas passes new maps, Democrat leader says Missouri is next

Desmond Milligan · August 21

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Despite a flurry of speculation from both sides of the political aisle, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe hasn’t signaled whether or not he’ll call a special session of the legislature to redraw congressional maps.

Missouri has a total of eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. For more than a decade, the makeup has been six Republican districts and two Democrat districts–Kansas City and St. Louis.

“Our goal, if we move forward and there’s no decision to move forward … is to make sure Missouri’s values are reflected in Washington, D.C.,” Kehoe said at a press conference Tuesday announcing Catherine Hanaway as the next Missouri attorney general. “And I’ve said many times that I think our current speaker (Mike Johnson) does a very good job of matching the values of Missourians.”

The move to redraw Missouri’s districts comes after calls from President Trump to have legislatures redistrict in order to give Republicans extra seats in the House.

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Texas has led the charge to remap its congressional districts, with as many as five Democrat districts redrawn to give Republicans a chance to win against incumbent Democrats.

“I anticipate that as soon as Texas gets a map passed our governor is going to call an extraordinary session,” said State Rep. Ashley Aune, the leader of the Democrats in the Missouri House.

Without committing either way, Kehoe said he believes it’s important to keep Johnson as speaker.

Aune said she is hopeful Governor Kehoe won’t call one, but she believes he’s likely to call a special session to redraw congressional districts.

“If we look at how Missourians voted in 2024, 58 percent of Missourians voted for Donald Trump,” said Aune, a state representative from Platte County. “But a 7-to-1 map proposes that 87% of our state would be represented by Republicans.”

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