Missouri will vote in November on its 2022 map — 6 Republican and 2 Democratic seats — after the court ruled a referendum backed by more than 300,000 signatures must go to voters. That likely saves Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district. The state attorney general said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The ruling likely preserves Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district.
The word 'likely' is the desk's own forecast about the electoral effect; no source is named in the story for the prediction, even though Cook Political Report and KCUR appear in SOURCES.
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The Missouri attorney general said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Explicitly attributed in the story to the state attorney general; Politico and KCTV5 report Hanaway's vow, but it is a stated future intention.