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Judge hears arguments in case over Missouri redistricting referendum

  • Rudi Keller

Whether Missourians vote in a referendum on congressional redistricting could turn on the question of what happens to the Aug. 4 primary results, arguments Wednesday in a Cole County courtroom showed. Candidates were nominated in Missouri’s eight districts but six of those districts were redrawn as part of the gerrymandered map passed in 2025 to […]

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Missouri redistricting referendum blocked by secretary of state, drawing lawsuit

  • Rudi Keller

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins blocked a public vote on the state’s new congressional map Tuesday, declaring a referendum petition unconstitutional a few hours before polls closed in the primary election. He refused to tell reporters at a Jefferson City press conference whether the petition had enough valid signatures to qualify for the November […]

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Bray won’t seek another term as Indiana Senate leader after redistricting fallout

  • Casey Smith

Eight months after Indiana senators rejected President Donald Trump’s congressional redistricting push — and about three months after six Republican incumbents paid for that opposition in primary defeats — Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced Friday that he will give up the chamber’s top leadership position. Bray, R-Martinsville, said he will not seek reelection […]