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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe considers special session to redraw congressional districts after Trump call
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is reportedly planning to call a special session to redraw the states congressional maps.On Friday, Kehoe told reporters he wasn't ready to make a formal announcement."When were ready to make that announcement, well get it out there," Kehoe said during a stop at the Missouri Soybean Association headquarters, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported."There are a lot of moving puzzle pieces. Were still making sure whats going to work is going to work."TRUMP URGES TEXAS REPUBLICANS TO SWIFTLY PASS REDISTRICTING MAPS WHILE NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA DEMS COUNTERThe move comes as President Donald Trump continues to pressure GOP-led states to redraw their political boundary lines to favor Republican candidates in the midterm elections.Missouri has eight House seats, two of which are held by Democrats. Republicans want to change the partisan makeup of the Kansas City-focused 5th District, potentially giving the GOP one additional seat in the House to support Trumps policies, the website reported.Similar efforts are underway in Texas and California.Last week, Trump alluded to the redrawing of Missouris congressional maps.TRUMP, ABBOTT VS. NEWSOM: MAD DASH TO REDO CONGRESSIONAL MAPS IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS"The Great State of Missouri is now IN. I'm not surprised We're going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.Democrats have been issuing fundraising alerts connected to the redistricting battle, the website said."This isnt just about one district. Its about whether Missouri voters get to choose their representatives or whether politicians get to rig the rules to choose their voters. And with Trumps political machine and a Republican supermajority pushing hard, the danger couldnt be greater," said Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Russ Carnahan, a former congressman.Ashley Aune, the state House minority leader, mocked Kehoe, calling him a tool of the president."The governors complete capitulation to the presidents will proves that Donald Trump not Mike Kehoe calls the shots in Missouri, while the man Missourians elected to lead our state is a mere puppet responding to his masters commands," she wrote.
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