Redistricting

U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, D-St. Louis County, was repeatedly challenged at a town hall that drew about 300 people.

Former federal officials are backing an effort to reform the state legislature’s redistricting process. Congressional districts would be unaffected. Illinois’ state Senate map gives a partisan advantage to Democrats, and its House map isn’t compact enough, according to researchers at Princeton

Republican officials fielded questions about the Trump-backed plan to revamp the state's congressional districts at the Governor’s Ham Breakfast.

Gov. JB Pritzker touts redistricting in response to Texas, but that may not yield big Democratic gains in Illinois’ congressional delegation.

As tensions escalate, the Illinois governor won’t rule out state redistricting in mid-decade.

The effort, called for by President Donald Trump, is designed to increase Missouri’s Republican seats from six to seven. Only one seat would be safe for Democrats.

Missouri’s Freedom Caucus wants Gov. Mike Kehoe to call a special session to redraw Cleaver’s Kansas City-based district.

The majority opinion, written by Judge Kelly Broniec, recognized that redistricting is a political process and courts should be reluctant to interfere with it.

The maps Illinois Democrats approved in 2021 sealed in their political power for a decade — adding one Hispanic-majority blue seat in Congress and forcing two Republicans out of their districts.

Residents of two districts — including one that emcompasses Hazelwood — are appealing a trial court ruling that the Missouri Constitution allows counties and cities to be split between districts if other rules are met.