Missouri 8-District Boundary Map
Court-Ordered Map Active
Safe/Likely GOP (R+10+)
Disputed Marginal GOP
Dem Safe/Advantage
Disputed Corridor
Click any district polygon or table row below to inspect partisan index shifts and population statistics.
District 5 (Kansas City Core)
D+11 (Protected)
Currently held by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. The GOP legislative proposal sought to crack Jackson County by carving urban precincts into rural District 4 to forge an additional Republican seat.
Court-Ordered Lean
D +11.4%
GOP Proposed Lean
R +3.2%
Partisan Delta
+14.6% GOP Shift
Representative / Status
E. Cleaver (D)
Emergency Docket Denial: Brett Kavanaugh
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, acting as circuit justice for the Eighth Circuit, denied Missouri Republicans' emergency application for a stay. This decision preserves the Missouri Supreme Court ruling suspending the redrawn 7-1 map pending a citizen voter referendum.
Procedural Timeline & Legal Standing
BREAKING DOCKET ORDER
Justice Brett Kavanaugh Denies Emergency Stay
The high court declined to disrupt state court jurisdiction regarding Missouri's constitutional referendum process.
STATE SUPREME COURT
Missouri Supreme Court Enjoins Map
Held that valid citizen referendum signatures properly suspended HB 2117 from taking effect for the upcoming election cycle.
FEDERAL DISTRICT DISPUTE
Conflicting Federal TRO Filings
Federal judge order urged election administrators to prevent ballot confusion, creating inter-jurisdictional friction.
MID-DECADE LEGISLATION
MO General Assembly Passes 7-1 Gerrymander
Effort to dismantle Emanuel Cleaver's urban district to flip Missouri's congressional delegation to 7 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
8 Missouri Congressional Districts Comparison
Comparing Cook PVI equivalent metrics between court-ordered baseline and the contested GOP map.
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