Missouri's Supreme Court upheld a redrawn congressional map on Tuesday that critics say carves up a Kansas City-based district held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, stretching it from a compact urban area across 15 counties — a change Republicans hope will deliver them an additional seat in November's midterm elections. In South Carolina, however, a parallel effort failed when the state Senate voted 29–17, two votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to take up redistricting, with five Republicans joining Democrats to reject a proposed map that could have eliminated the seat of veteran Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn. President Trump had publicly pressured South Carolina senators to act, but Republican Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey said he resisted outside pressure in favour of what he believed was best for his state.