JEFFERSON CITY — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s push to garner one extra Republican congressional seat in Missouri have amassed a campaign war chest of at least $2.6 million in their bid to block the scheme from going into effect next year.

People Not Politicians, the Democrat-aligned group spearheading the campaign against the GOP-led mid-term redrawing of the state’s eight congressional districts is expecting additional assistance from the Democratic National Committee, which said last month it will contribute staff and financial resources to help collect the 106,000 signatures needed to put a question on the ballot next year.

According to campaign filings at the Missouri Ethics Commission, the anti-redistricting campaign received a $750,000 check over the weekend from the Kansa

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