Missouri's MO-05 House race remains a dead heat at 49.5% odds for each party due to a newly upheld Republican-drawn congressional map that dilutes the Kansas City-based Democratic stronghold by incorporating rural Republican-leaning areas, transforming it from a safe blue seat to a battleground. Incumbent Rep. Emanuel Cleaver filed for re-election amid legal challenges resolved in late March 2026 by the state Supreme Court affirming mid-decade redistricting and judges upholding the map against compactness and referendum suits. A crowded Republican primary featuring state Sen. Rick Brattin—recently endorsed by Club for Growth—against challengers like Taylor Burks adds uncertainty, while Cleaver holds incumbency advantages. Separation could emerge from the August 4 primary outcome, fundraising edges, or shifts in midterm turnout among swing voters.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · UpdatedMO-05 House Election Winner
MO-05 House Election Winner
Democratic Party
46%
Republican Party
44%
Democratic Party
46%
Republican Party
44%
A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources.
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0x2F5e3684c...A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources.
This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...Missouri's MO-05 House race remains a dead heat at 49.5% odds for each party due to a newly upheld Republican-drawn congressional map that dilutes the Kansas City-based Democratic stronghold by incorporating rural Republican-leaning areas, transforming it from a safe blue seat to a battleground. Incumbent Rep. Emanuel Cleaver filed for re-election amid legal challenges resolved in late March 2026 by the state Supreme Court affirming mid-decade redistricting and judges upholding the map against compactness and referendum suits. A crowded Republican primary featuring state Sen. Rick Brattin—recently endorsed by Club for Growth—against challengers like Taylor Burks adds uncertainty, while Cleaver holds incumbency advantages. Separation could emerge from the August 4 primary outcome, fundraising edges, or shifts in midterm turnout among swing voters.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated



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