At the beginning of July, the prospect that Missouri lawmakers would return to Jefferson City in the fall to redraw their congressional map seemed ludicrous.

Missouri Republicans were just a couple of years removed from a bitter and divisive legislative session in which redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts exacerbated existing tensions . And states typically don’t engage in redistricting in the middle of the decade without some sort of judicial order.

But President Donald Trump is asking GOP leaders , some of whom passionately argued against splitting Kansas City into multiple districts in 2022 , to come back for a September special session. They’ll seek to redraw Missouri’s 5th District in a way that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for

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