Proposition A
BALLOT LANGUAGE
WHAT IT MEANS
Yes
No
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
Yes
"Missourians deserve a congressional map that reflects how Missourians actually vote. In 2024, President Trump carried 111 of the state’s 115 counties and the independent city of St. Louis, and he won the statewide vote by roughly eighteen points. That is not a close or contested picture of the electorate. It is a durable Republican majority spread across almost the entire map. A delegation that locks in two safe Democratic seats while the rest of the state votes the other way does not match that result. Proposition A asks voters whether to uphold the map the General Assembly passed in 2025, drawn by the representatives Missourians elected to do that work and signed by the governor. A yes vote keeps a plan supporters say holds more counties together and gives the state’s congressional delegation a partisan balance closer to the way the state votes.
The Missouri Constitution assigns congressional districting to the legislature, not to outside campaigns. The referendum behind Proposition A was driven by organized interests, including national groups, that gathered signatures to suspend a map their elected representatives had already enacted and to put that judgment back on the ballot. That is an attempt to override the constitutional duty of the General Assembly to draw the lines. Missourians can settle the question themselves on November 3. A yes vote affirms the map their representatives passed. A no vote leaves the older lines in place. The choice is whether the districts that send Missouri to Congress should follow the vote the state has already cast." - Freedom Principle Missouri
"Missouri is a conservative state. Our congressional map should reflect our values. In 2024, President Donald Trump, Governor Mike Kehoe, and Senator Josh Hawley each won by double digits. The 2022 congressional map unfairly protects Democrat incumbents in Kansas City and St. Louis. The Missouri First Map maintains the solidly Democratic 1st District in St. Louis. It redraws the Kansas City-based 5th District so conservative voters across western and central Missouri can compete for the seat. Inside Elections’ analysis puts the 5th District at D+23 under the 2022 map and R+17 under the Missouri First Map, using its Baseline measure of district partisanship. The proposed map has seven Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning district.
Missouri still has eight congressional districts. The largest changes are in and around Kansas City. The 2022 map places most of Kansas City in the heavily Democratic 5th District. The Missouri First Map distributes Kansas City voters among the 4th, 5th, and 6th districts. The redrawn 5th adds Lafayette, Johnson, and Pettis counties and extends east through central Missouri. The St. Louis-based 1st District remains solidly Democratic. The 5th District moves from D+23 to R+17, while the other six districts remain Republican-leaning. The result is seven Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning district. Kansas City continues to have representation in Congress. Proposition A changes how the city’s voters are grouped with surrounding communities." - Liberty Alliance
“I support the Missouri First map because I firmly believe it better reflects the values of Missouri voters. That’s why I will continue to advocate for the Missouri First map on the ballot this November.” - Mark Alford, U.S. Representative
No
“We’re supposed to choose our representatives, but Proposition A takes away Missouri voters’ power and lets politicians choose their voters to guarantee their own re-elections.
Vote NO on Proposition A in November to stop DC politicians from rigging elections to benefit themselves at our expense!
Politicians passed a plan to rig Missouri’s voting districts to guarantee their own re-elections. It’s nothing more than a power grab.
We believe that Missouri voters—not politicians—should have the final say.
Missourians deserve representation that focuses on our families and communities, not advancing a specific partisan political agenda. Politicians shouldn’t be slicing and dicing communities to pick their voters — voters should be picking their politicians. When politicians rig voting maps to guarantee their own re-elections, it’s called gerrymandering. Gerrymandering takes away voters’ power to choose our leaders and causes real harm to Missouri communities.
As Missourians, we don’t like out-of-state interests and DC politicians trying to limit our power. That’s why we’ll vote NO on Proposition A in November."- People Not Politicians
"Congressional districts determine who represents Missouri communities in Washington. When politicians draw district lines to protect their own power, communities are divided and voters lose their ability to hold elected officials accountable.
Gerrymandering slices neighborhoods apart, weakens community voices, and creates districts designed to guarantee political outcomes instead of reflecting the will of Missouri voters. It puts politicians in charge of choosing their voters instead of allowing voters to choose their representatives.
Proposition A would give Missouri voters a say on the state’s new congressional maps. More than 305,000 Missourians signed a referendum petition because they believe voters—not politicians—should have the final say over who represents their communities." - Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action
"Proposition A simply asks Missouri Citizens if they want to implement the "new 2025 legislative map" or not. The MO Sierra Club endorses voting NO on Proposition A. That "new " map was passed by the Republican-controlled legislature with the explicit aim of redistricting out an historically Democratic district in Kansas City and replacing it with a Republican-leaning district. This re-mapping was done outside the usual 10-year Census timeline for redistricting. The Republican stated goal is to defeat one of Missouri's two Democratic Representatives. If Proposition A fails, the state will continue to use the existing map which was configured in 2022 after the 2020 census. It's important to defeat Prop. A." - Sierra Club Missouri Chapter
ENDORSEMENTS
Yes
National Republican Congressional Committee (Conservative)
President Donald J. Trump (Other)
Freedom Principle MO (Conservative)
Mark Alford (Conservative)
Mike Kehoe (Conservative)
No
Sierra Club Missouri (Liberal)
SEIU Local 1 Service Employees International Union (Liberal)
LiUNA Laborers’ District Council Missouri Kansas (Liberal)
Missouri NEA PAC (Liberal)
Fairness Project (Liberal)
FINANCIAL BACKING
The following information provides insight into the money being spent to pass or defeat the ballot measure.
Yes
MISSOURI PROPOSITION A, CONGRESSIONAL MAP REFERENDUM (2026)
This question is on the ballot in Missouri as a veto referendum on November 3, 2026. As of October 25, 2026, no committee to support the measure has been identified. Thus, there is no record of funds raised to support the measure.
No
MISSOURI PROPOSITION A, CONGRESSIONAL MAP REFERENDUM (2026)
This question is on the ballot in Missouri as a veto referendum on November 3, 2026. As of October 25, 2026, the committees formed to oppose the Congressional Map Referendum (2026) are:
Selected contributions to: "People Not Politicians" include:
- American Opportunity Action
- Green Advocacy Project
- Health Forward Foundation
- Global Impact Social Welfare Fund
- Open Society Action Fund
- Tides Foundation
- Brick by Brick Foundation
- National Education Association
- National Redistricting Action Fund
- Missouri NEA PAC
- The Fairness Project
- Think Big America
- Let It Resound
- Warren County Democrats
- Brian McInerney
Selected contributions to: "Protect Freedom and Democracy" include:
- Protect Majority Rule MO
- Movement Voter Project
- Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Action
- Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action
- Missouri WIN
- No Everything Tax
- Missouri Workers Power
- Progress MO
- Heartland Action
- WEPOWER
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