ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -Missouri’s attorney general is celebrating the new congressional map, but opponents argue the map should not be in effect.

A new congressional map that is likely to send one more Republican, and by consequence, one less Democrat, to Washington, D.C., is meant to go into effect on Thursday. Opponents of the map rushed to submit their signatures before Thursday, hoping to prevent the map from taking effect, only to have both the attorney general and secretary of state tell them the map is in effect anyway.

The congressional map signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe creates new districts for Missouri’s representation in the U.S. House, and carves up the Kansas City area, currently held by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

From the time the map was passed in mid-September til

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