Missouri lawmakers have answered President Trump's call to help maintain the Republican majority in Congress by redrawing the state's voting map for the midterm election next year. The state Senate voted 21 to 11 to pass a map that would help a Republican candidate win a seat currently held by a Democrat.

The move is part of a nationwide race prompted by Trump's call on Republicans to make more winnable voting maps. Usually, states redraw their district maps early in the decade after the national census shows how many House seats each state has.

The map now goes to be signed by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, who unveiled the plan last month and called it a "Missouri First" map that reflects the state's conservative values. Opponents have vowed to block it in court or with a public r

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