Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday announced a special session to draw new congressional maps – becoming the latest governor of a Republican-run state to accede to President Donald Trump’ s demands to undertake mid-decade redistricting.

Kehoe ordered lawmakers to return to the state capitol next week to take up the map-drawing, along with legislation aimed at weakening the state’s citizen initiative process.

The proposed map unveiled by Kehoe takes aim at long-serving Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City-area district and could put Republicans on track to win seven out of the state’s eight US House seats in next year’s midterm elections. Cleaver, in his 11th term, has previously vowed to take legal action to block any map that targets his seat.

In a statement, Kehoe said the me

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