The governor of Missouri signed into law on Sunday a new congressional map that Republicans hope will help them win an additional House seat in next year’s midterm elections.

The Republicans’ push, which came outside the usual once-a-decade cycle for redrawing congressional maps and at the urging of President Donald Trump, splices the Democratic-leaning core of Kansas City into districts with large, heavily Republican rural areas. The new map threatens the reelection chances of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat who has spent 20 years in Congress and was the first Black mayor of Kansas City.

Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Missouri General Assembly, and Gov. Mike Kehoe, a Republican, had been expected to sign the measure.

If the new map takes effect, it is expecte

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