Missouri’s state Senate passed a bill on Friday aimed at redistricting a Democrat-held federal congressional seat for Kansas City and turning it into a Republican-leaning seat.

This move follows suit with other states around the nation attempting to change the landscape of the US House of Representatives in time for the midterm elections in the fall of 2026.

The new bill would affect Missouri’s Fifth congressional district, which Democrat US Representative Emanuel Cleaver has represented since 2005. The map passed by the state Senate would have the district lean more conservatively.

Calling it an “unconstitutional gerrymander,” Cleaver condemned the bill’s passing, noting “this fight is far from over.”

President Donald J. Trump wrote to Truth Social on Friday praising the redis

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