Supreme Court rejects Missouri's push to use new Republican-drawn U.S. House map in November

Missouri voters will likely use the same congressional map in the November elections as they did two years ago. The US Supreme Court has rejected a Republican-backed appeal to use a new map that was used in August primaries. The Missouri Supreme Court had ruled in September that the state must revert to districts adopted after the last census.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh turned down the emergency appeal, according to POLITICO. Missouri's Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins, had warned of "disaster" and "unprecedented chaos" if the new map was not used, citing that primaries had already taken place under the new lines.

The new map was used in the August primaries, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that it could not be used in the November elections, PBS NewsHour reported.

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