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A court in Missouri allows the use of the new House of Representatives districts that Trump supported in November.

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August 20th, 2026

A court in Missouri allows the use of the new House of Representatives districts that Trump supported in November.

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A judge in Missouri allowed the new U.S. House districts to be used in the November elections. Trump supports these districts.

Un juez de Misuri permitió que los nuevos distritos de la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU., apoyados por Trump, se usen en las elecciones de noviembre.

Judge Daniel Green rejected a request to put the map, which favors Republicans, to a state vote.

El juez Daniel Green rechazó una petición para someter el mapa, favorable a los republicanos, a un voto estatal.

The decision is a win for Republicans, who want to keep their majority in the House.

La decisión es una victoria para los republicanos, que quieren mantener su mayoría en la Cámara.

The Republican Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins, had already rejected the petition with thousands of signatures in August.

El secretario de Estado republicano, Denny Hoskins, ya había rechazado la petición con miles de firmas en agosto.

Hoskins said that Missouri's Constitution does not allow a referendum on redrawing congressional districts.

Hoskins dijo que la Constitución de Misuri no permite un referéndum sobre la redistribución de distritos congresionales.

The judge agreed and wrote that the Constitution does not give that authority to a referendum process.

El juez estuvo de acuerdo y escribió que la Constitución no da esa autoridad a un proceso de referéndum.

The opponents announced an appeal to the state's Supreme Court.

Los opositores anunciaron una apelación ante la Corte Suprema del estado.

The revised map aims to help Republicans defeat Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver from Kansas City.

El mapa revisado busca ayudar a los republicanos a derrotar al representante demócrata Emanuel Cleaver de Kansas City.

It moves parts of Kansas City into neighboring Republican districts. It also extends the rest of his district into rural Republican areas.

Reasigna partes de Kansas City a distritos vecinos republicanos y extiende el resto de su distrito hacia áreas rurales republicanas.

About 59% of the voters in the Fifth District are new.

Alrededor del 59% de los votantes del Quinto Distrito son nuevos.

State Senator Rick Brattin won the Republican primary in the redrawn district.

El senador estatal Rick Brattin ganó las primarias republicanas en el distrito remodelado.

The Republicans said it was too late to change the boundaries before November.

Los republicanos dijeron que era demasiado tarde para cambiar los límites antes de noviembre.

Changing the districts would cause "widespread confusion among voters," said John Gore, a lawyer for the Republican committees.

Cambiar los distritos causaría "confusión generalizada entre los votantes", dijo John Gore, abogado de los comités republicanos.

The judge decided that swapping districts after the primaries would break federal law.

El juez decidió que un intercambio de distritos después de las primarias violaría la ley federal.

Missouri was the second state, after Texas, to answer Trump's call to redraw the districts.

Misuri fue el segundo estado, después de Texas, en responder al llamado de Trump de redibujar los distritos.

August 20th, 2026

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A court in Missouri allows the use of the new House of Representatives districts that Trump supported in November.

A court in Missouri allows the use of the new House of Representatives districts that Trump supported in November.

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