Missouri\u00a0Republicans handed President Donald Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat in next year’s elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Senate vote sends\u00a0the redistricting plan\u00a0to Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe for his expected signature to make it law. But opponents immediately announced a referendum petition that, if successful, could force a statewide vote on the new map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Missouri is the third state to take up mid-decade redistricting this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each seat could be critical, because Democrats need to gain just three seats to win control of the House, which would allow them to obstruct Trump’s agenda and launch investigations into him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republicans currently hold six of Missouri\u2019s eight U.S. House seats. The revised map\u00a0passed the state House\u00a0earlier this week as the focal point of a special session called by Gov. Kehoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Missouri’s revised map targets a seat held by\u00a0Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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