As Texas embarks on a special legislative session that includes revising that state’s congressional districts to help Republicans, President Donald Trump is reportedly asking for Missouri to do the same.

The White House is reportedly urging Missouri to redraw its congressional map to bump Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) out of his seat. The Trump administration wants to divide up Cleaver’s district to create a 7-1 Republican congressional delegation majority in Missouri.

If Missouri Republicans revamp their map to oust Kansas City Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, it could backfire at the ballot box — and in court. President Trump is publicly urging Republican-led states to pursue mid-decade redistricting to win more U.

Missouri’s typically humdrum House landscape got an unexpected jolt of interest this week, when Punchbowl News reported that some state lawmakers are considering a mid-decade redraw of the state’s congressional map.

Other Republican-leaning states — like Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska — are limited from redrawing maps before 2026 by Democratic governors, more moderate Republican legislators and state courts, or the fact that their legislatures aren’t in session.

U.S. citizens living in the states from census counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall are co-sponsors of the bill.

Meanwhile, members of the Missouri congressional delegation who would keep their districts under the Legislature's map jockeyed for an override, including two Democratic members of Congress: U.S ...

Lawsuit challenges Missouri congressional map A lawsuit has been filed challenging a new Missouri law redrawing the state's congressional districts based on the 2010 census. September 23, 2011