{"id":28387,"date":"2026-08-05T09:26:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28387"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:26:45","slug":"rick-brattin-wins-republican-primary-for-missouri-seat-redrawn-to-favor-gop-will-face-longtime-house-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28387","title":{"rendered":"Rick Brattin wins Republican primary for Missouri seat redrawn to favor GOP, will face longtime House Democrat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Trump-endorsed state lawmaker Rick Brattin has won the Republican nomination for Missouri&#8217;s 5th Congressional District, CBS News projects, setting up a battle against an 11-term Democrat in a district that was made dramatically more GOP-leaning last year.<\/p>\n<p>Brattin defeated a crowded field of GOP primary candidates Tuesday. Incumbent Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>A Marine veteran, Brattin was elected to the Missouri state Senate in 2020, after serving in the state House of Representatives. President Trump offered his endorsement Monday, calling Brattin a &#8220;MAGA Warrior,&#8221; and he was backed by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The seat previously covered a deep-blue area surrounding Kansas City, but it was transformed during last year&#8217;s nationwide redistricting scramble, which led state lawmakers to split up the state&#8217;s second-largest metro area between three different districts. The 5th District now juts over 150 miles from Kansas City into Central Missouri, and its electorate is just 41% Democratic, down from 62% Democratic under its old borders, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-californias-redistricting-maps\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brattin \u2014 a native of the Kansas City area \u2014 lives just outside the redrawn district, but he represents part of it in the state legislature, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article316511880.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kansas City Star<\/a> reported last month.<\/p>\n<p>If Brattin succeeds in flipping the 5th District, which most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysts<\/a> now view as safely GOP-leaning, it could aid Republicans&#8217; efforts to hold onto their narrow House majority in what is widely expected to be a challenging midterm election for the party.<\/p>\n<p>It would also oust Cleaver, a former Kansas City mayor who has represented the area in the House since 2005. Missouri Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/missouri-congressional-maps-redistricting-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">considered splitting up<\/a> Kansas City to squeeze out Cleaver for years, as the state has grown increasingly red.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The state legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/missouri-congressional-maps-redistricting-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">passed new congressional maps<\/a> last fall, in a rare mid-decade redistricting push shortly after Texas Republicans shifted five of their districts rightward at Mr. Trump&#8217;s urging, and California Democrats responded by shifting five districts to the left. Missouri now has one Democratic-leaning district in the St. Louis area and seven GOP-leaning districts.<\/p>\n<p>The gambit has drawn lawsuits from opponents who argue the new districts are not compact and violate the state constitution, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlpr.org\/government-politics-issues\/2026-05-12\/in-blow-to-democrats-missouri-supreme-court-says-map-that-targets-rep-cleaver-is-in-effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Missouri<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/redistricting-gerrymandering-congress-missouri-trump-f89090b920ce7047e9da3c1cb9ab9699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> has left the map in place.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump-endorsed state lawmaker Rick Brattin has won the Republican nomination for Missouri&#8217;s 5th Congressional District, CBS News projects, setting up a battle against an 11-term Democrat in a district that was made dramatically more GOP-leaning last year. Brattin defeated a crowded field of GOP primary candidates Tuesday. Incumbent Rep. 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