Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the state’s new congressional map into law Sunday, splitting up the Kansas City-area district currently held by one of the state’s two Democratic House members.

The Show-Me State joins a handful of states nationwide that have either drawn new maps or are in the process of redrawing congressional lines. Missouri currently has eight House districts, six of which are held by Republicans.

“Missouri’s conservative, common-sense values should be truly represented at all levels of government, and the Missouri First Map delivers just that,” Kehoe, a Republican, said in a news release announcing his intention to sign the bill.

Missouri’s new map carves up the Kansas City-area 5th District currently held by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver II. It adds rural areas current

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