Denny Hoskins

This is the third time the high court has stymied efforts to implement a map aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

The U.S. Supreme Court's intervention in a case from two GOP congressional candidates makes it extremely unlikely that a map aimed at ousting Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver will be in effect this year.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants the 8th Circuit to restore the 2025 congressional districts and find the voter referendum challenging them unconstitutional.

The lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is the second one filed against him in a week. The other lawsuit deals with Hoskins' actions over the congressional map referendum.

Their lawsuit points to several actions Hoskins took during the months-long legal battle over the congressional map Republican lawmakers passed during a 2025 special legislative session.

Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said she can't make a decision yet on which maps to use, or she risks the same sort of contempt hearing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins currently faces.

In a late-night order, Missouri’s highest court directed the secretary of state to explain his actions implementing gerrymandered congressional map

U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark's last-minute order temporarily prevents Secretary of State Denny Hoskins from using any map other than the one passed in 2025 – a move that will almost certainly be appealed.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who oversees emergency appeals for the region, requested People Not Politicians respond by noon Monday. The deadline to finalize the November ballot is Tuesday.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said he would not stop election officials from placing a referendum on the ballot — or running the Nov. 3 election on an older congressional map, during an appearance on “The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air.”