The ruling is the latest twist in an intense legal drama that has plunged the state into electoral confusion.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday, for the second time this week, temporarily blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn congressional map for November’s midterm elections that favors Republicans.
The pause will remain in place while a legal fight over the map works its way through the courts. The justices did not give their reasoning for blocking the new map.
The decision means that, for the time being, Missouri will revert to using a map that will give Democrats a good shot at holding two of the state’s eight congressional seats in November’s elections.
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The ruling is the latest twist in an escalating legal fight over the GOP-led state’s effort to redraw its election map. The back-and-forth has created confusion in the state with less than two months to go before pivotal elections that will determine control of the House and the Senate.
A group seeking to block Missouri from using the new congressional map had asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene.
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This is a developing story. It will be updated.
