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Federal judge rules Missouri can use GOP-friendly map in midterms - for now - after Supreme Court declines to hear case

A federal district court judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Show-Me State from using an older congressional map in the midterm elections, granting Republicans a victory after the Supreme Court declined to take up the case.

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Missouri is poised to revert to former congressional districts after court rejects Trump-backed mapThe U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump for Missouri's November election. Missouri's chief election official says he has directed local authorities to instead use districts passed in 2022, following a legal battle that lasted nearly a year. The decision could change candidate choices for over a million…

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