Trump redistricting push threatens minority representation. Black voters worry about its impact
September 17, 2025
Republicans in Texas and Missouri have redrawn congressional districts to help their party in the 2026 midterm elections. The Republicans aren’t hiding their partisan purpose after being urged on by President Donald Trump. The GOP has manipulated how many nonwhite voters are distributed across congressional districts in the two states. That has civil rights advocates and Black voters worried Trump’s efforts will leave Black citizens without adequate representation in Congress. In Kansas City, Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s district has been spliced into three districts. That raises the chances Kansas City residents will no longer have a local representative on Capitol Hill. The NAACP is suing to block new maps in Texas and Missouri.