# Denny Hoskins Type: Person Source: GetYourBrief — https://getyourbrief.com/entity/denny-hoskins Canonical HTML page: https://getyourbrief.com/entity/denny-hoskins ## Timeline - **2026-11**: Midterm election and referendum vote — Voters choose congressional districts and decide whether to keep or reject the new map. - **2026-11**: November general election — Missouri is poised to run its general election on the 2022 districts — different from the lines used in the August primary. - **2026-09-19**: Absentee ballot mailing deadline — Federal statutory deadline to mail absentee ballots to overseas citizens and military voters. - **2026-09-10**: SCOTUS rejects map; contempt hearing held — The Missouri Supreme Court convenes a contempt hearing over Hoskins' noncompliance; the U.S. Supreme Court again rejects the Trump-backed map without recorded dissent. - **2026-09-09**: Federal appeals court sides with Republicans — A federal appeals court panel declines to halt a federal judge's order favoring the Trump-backed map; the decision is immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. - **2026-09-08**: Ballot change deadline — Missouri law sets a Tuesday deadline to make changes to the November ballot, increasing pressure on the Supreme Court to act quickly. - **2026-09-08**: Supreme Court lets state ruling stand — The U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a Missouri Supreme Court ruling against the Trump-backed districts. - **2026-09-08**: Federal judge orders use of new map — A federal district judge forbids Secretary of State Denny Hoskins from using anything other than the new Trump-backed districts. - **2026-09-04**: Missouri appeals to U.S. Supreme Court — Attorney General Catherine Hanaway files an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to halt the state court decision immediately. - **2026-09-03**: Missouri Supreme Court blocks new map — The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rules the referendum petition was legal, sufficient, and timely, holding that the new districts never took effect and that the 2020-census map remains in force for the November 2026 general election. - **2026-09-03**: Missouri Supreme Court blocks new map — The state's highest court rules the referendum petition suspends the new districts, orders the previous map for the general election, and places the map on the November ballot. - **2026-09**: U.S. Supreme Court denies stay; 2022 map remains for general election — Justice Brett Kavanaugh's order denies Secretary of State Denny Hoskins' request to keep the new map in place, so primary winners will run under the 2022 congressional map. - **2026-08-04**: Petition rejected on primary Election Day — Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejects referendum petitions, asserting the Missouri Constitution does not allow referendums on congressional redistricting. - **2026-08**: New districts used in August primaries; Hoskins rejects petition — The new congressional districts are used in the August primaries. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins waits until primary election day to reject the referendum petition, arguing the referendum process cannot apply to congressional redistricting. - **2026-08**: Hoskins rejects referendum petition — Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejects the petition on Missouri's primary day, asserting referenda cannot be used for congressional redistricting. ## Recent coverage (5 stories, network-wide) ### SCOTUS Rejects Trump-Backed Map; 2022 Districts Return for 1M+ Voters 2026-09-13 21:36:11 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The U.S. Supreme Court's unsigned emergency order ends a yearlong clash between a federal district judge and the Missouri Supreme Court over which congressional map governs the November election. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who faced a state contempt hearing after following the federal order, has now directed local officials to use the 2022 districts. The reversal means Missouri could run its general election on lines different from its August primary, affecting more than a million voters. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/scotus-rejects-trump-map-missouri-2022-districts ### Missouri Map Chaos: SCOTUS Faces Dueling Rulings 9 Days Before Ballot Deadline 2026-09-10 03:10:30 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 3 Conflicting state and federal rulings over Missouri's congressional map have thrown the state's eight House races into legal limbo, forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in just nine days before the September 19 overseas-ballot mailing deadline. The case tests unresolved boundaries from Moore v. Harper between state and federal judicial authority, and whether the Purcell principle can discipline late-stage redistricting litigation. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-map-scotus-dueling-rulings-ballot-deadline ### SCOTUS Rejects Missouri Map, Restores 2022 Districts for Midterms 2026-09-09 06:25:27 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The Supreme Court's denial of Missouri's emergency stay leaves the 2022 congressional map in place pending a statewide referendum, upending primary results and sharpening the tension between referendum rights and the Purcell principle. Justice Kavanaugh's order diverges from the Court's California and Texas redistricting rulings, giving election-law practitioners a new fact pattern on late-breaking ballot changes. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/scotus-rejects-missouri-redistricting-2022-map ### 300K signatures force SCOTUS to weigh Missouri map before Nov. vote 2026-09-05 11:38:05 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 Missouri's emergency Supreme Court application tests whether a state referendum can suspend a congressional map after a primary. The dispute centers on more than 300,000 signatures and a November ballot question on the map. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-scotus-congressional-redistricting-300k-signatures ### MO Supreme Court blocks GOP map after 300K+ signatures, orders vote 2026-09-04 02:11:05 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2 The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously held that a referendum petition with more than 300,000 signatures was valid, blocking a GOP-favorable congressional map and keeping the 2020-census districts in place for November 2026. The ruling resolves a state constitutional question over whether the referendum power reaches redistricting and sets up a likely U.S. Supreme Court appeal by Missouri's attorney general. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/missouri-supreme-court-blocks-gop-map-referendum --- This page is a machine-readable summary. Sentiment measures the directional read of each development for this entity, not the tone of the reporting; impact weights consequence, not syndication reach. See https://getyourbrief.com/guides/methodology for the full editorial methodology.