KANSAS CITY, Missouri – On the weekends, Terri Craddock-Moore religiously reads her local newspaper, trying to keep up with what’s happening in her district. She has spent the past few months watching the back-and-forth over Missouri’s new Republican-drawn congressional map and the fallout in U.S. Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver II’s 5th District. While she felt clear […]
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Kansas City’s Black Voters Keep House Seat as Missouri and U.S. Supreme Court Block GOP Map
In a setback for Republicans hoping to retain their hold on the House in the midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court once again rejected Missouri congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Missouri temporarily blocked the state from returning to its 2022 congressional map for the November election. The […]
