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A Missouri court allows the use of the new House districts that Trump supports in the November elections.

A Missouri court allows the use of the new House districts that Trump supports in the November elections.

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August 20th, 2026

A Missouri court allows the use of the new House districts that Trump supports in the November elections.

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A judge in Missouri allowed the new districts of the U.S. House of Representatives to be used in the November elections. The judge said yes to using the new districts in November.

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

These districts have Trump's support.

Estos distritos tienen el apoyo de Trump.

Judge Daniel Green rejected a request.

El juez Daniel Green rechazó una petición.

The request asked that the map be put to a state vote.

La petición pedía que el mapa se sometiera a un voto estatal.

The map is good for the Republicans.

El mapa es favorable a los republicanos.

The decision is a win for them.

La decisión es una victoria para ellos.

The Republicans want to keep their majority in the House.

Los republicanos quieren mantener su mayoría en la Cámara.

The Republican Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins, had already said no in August.

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

The petition had thousands of signatures.

La petición tenía miles de firmas.

Hoskins said the Missouri Constitution does not allow a vote on changing voting areas.

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

The judge agreed.

El juez estuvo de acuerdo.

He wrote that the Constitution does not give that power. It does not give it to a vote by the people.

Escribió que la Constitución no da esa autoridad a un proceso de referéndum.

The people against it said they would appeal.

Los opositores anunciaron una apelación.

The appeal will go to the state's highest court.

La apelación irá a la Corte Suprema del estado.

The new map tries to help Republicans beat Democrat representative Emanuel Cleaver from Kansas City.

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

The map gives parts of Kansas City to nearby Republican districts.

El mapa reasigna partes de Kansas City a distritos vecinos republicanos.

It also makes the rest of his district bigger into rural Republican areas.

También 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 new district.

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

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

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

Changing the districts would cause "widespread confusion among voters," said John Gore.

Cambiar los distritos causaría "confusión generalizada entre los votantes", dijo John Gore.

Gore is a lawyer for the Republican committees.

Gore es abogado de los comités republicanos.

The judge said that a district swap after the primaries would break federal law.

El juez dictaminó 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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