Governor Mike Kehoe still hasn’t confirmed whether he’ll call a special session to change the state’s congressional map, but Republican lawmakers who’ve spoken to the governor say it’s likely.

State lawmakers and officials gathered in Sedalia Thursday morning for the annual Governor’s Ham Breakfast. Planned remarks from the podium focused on celebrating the State Fair and Missouri agriculture. But, as it has in previous years , politics dominated breakfast-table conversations.

The issue at hand was the effort being pushed by President Donald Trump to change the congressional map of Missouri to increase the Republican delegation by one seat, therefore decreasing the number of Democratic-held seats to just one.

Similar efforts in Texas are underway, sparking counter-efforts

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