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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano and Uwa Ede-Osifo

Missouri congressional maps thrown into chaos after conflicting court rulings

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A man holding a sign in opposition to Missouri’s congressional redistricting plan in Jefferson City last week. Photograph: David A Lieb/AP

Clashing court rulings plunged Missouri’s congressional elections into uncertainty on Tuesday, the latest in a legal tug-of-war that comes less than two months before the November midterms that will decide which party controls a closely divided Congress.

First, the conservative justice Brett Kavanaugh denied the emergency request from Missouri officials to use a congressional map in November that was redrawn with Donald Trump’s support to give Republicans an edge in the midterms.

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