Key Facts

• The U.S. Supreme Court refused to approve a new congressional map backed by President Donald Trump.
• The rejected map was designed to give Republicans a better chance of winning an additional seat.
• Missouri's chief election official instructed local authorities to use the district map passed in 2022.
• Missouri had already used a different district map for the August primary election.
• The November election will feature different district boundaries than the primary, which is very rare.
• About one in four Missouri voters, or over a million people, could see different candidates on their ballots.
• This decision ends a legal fight over Missouri’s congressional maps that lasted nearly a year.
• The state's highest court previously ordered the use of the 2022 district map.