The fallout from Texas Democrats fleeing the Lone Star State and the state legislature moving forward with redistricting is still being felt across the nation.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, state constitution be damned, is moving forward with further gerrymandering of the Golden State to solidify the Democratic Party’s election stranglehold.
But the backlash is continuing to build in red states, and two more are jumping into the fray: Missouri and Indiana.
Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Friday that the state is preparing to hold a special session to redraw congressional maps, with the likely result of shifting Missouri’s delegation in Washington from six Republicans and two Democrats to seven Republicans and one Democrat.
The plan specifically targets the Kansas City-area 5th Congressional District, which is currently represented by longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. Kehoe released draft maps showing the proposed changes and confirmed that lawmakers will convene Wednesday.
Former President Donald Trump signaled this move was coming.
“The Great State of Missouri is now IN. I’m not surprised. It is a great State with fabulous people,” Trump wrote on Truth Social last week. “I won it, all 3 times, in a landslide. We’re going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!”
With Republicans holding supermajorities in both chambers of the Missouri Legislature, the redrawn maps are expected to pass if GOP members remain united.
In Indiana, talk is growing that Republicans could move to eliminate the state’s two remaining Democratic congressional seats, potentially turning the map from 7–2 Republican to 9–0.
Gov. Mike Braun has not yet said whether he supports redrawing the maps, stressing that he is waiting to hear from legislative leaders before taking any action.
“I’ve been very clear on that issue. That hasn’t changed,” Braun told reporters. “You’re going to hear individual representatives and senators speak up, and
