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Maryland lawmakers will return to Annapolis next month for a special legislative session to consider a constitutional amendment that could reshape how the state draws congressional districts in future elections, reviving a politically charged debate over redistricting after Democrats abandoned an earlier effort this year. Legislative leaders announced Tuesday that …

Georgia Republicans have abandoned plans to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts during a special legislative session this month, dealing a setback to efforts encouraged by President Donald Trump and preserving current political maps through at least the 2026 election cycle. Republican legislative leaders announced Wednesday that lawmakers would …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, handing Republicans a significant victory as they seek to protect their narrow U.S. House majority ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, …

Republicans in the Louisiana legislature approved a new congressional map ahead of the midterm elections that is expected to give the GOP an additional advantage in the battle for control of the U.S. House. The map eliminates one of Louisiana’s two majority-Black congressional districts following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling …

Alabama officials Wednesday filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to block a lower court’s order requiring the state to use a court-ordered congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections. The filing came a day after a three-judge panel upheld a previous ruling that a …

A three-judge federal panel on Monday blocked Alabama from using congressional district maps that the court said intentionally discriminated against Black voters, setting up another likely showdown before the Supreme Court of the United States. The ruling from the U.S. District Court in Birmingham found that the congressional maps proposed …

The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday urged major corporations across the United States to publicly oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts that could eliminate majority-Black congressional districts, escalating Democrats’ campaign against new voting map changes following a recent Supreme Court ruling. In a letter sent to more than 250 companies, members of …

The battle over Alabama’s congressional district lines will go to federal court Friday, before the judges who ruled a 2023 map unconstitutional but after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais weakening the Voting Rights Act. The three-judge panel will consider a  request from plaintiffs in Allen v. …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected an effort by Virginia Democrats to revive a voter-approved congressional map that party leaders hoped would boost Democratic gains in the 2026 midterm elections. The court issued a brief order without noted dissents, leaving intact a ruling by the Supreme Court of Virginia …

Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday called a special legislative session to redraw South Carolina’s congressional districts, intensifying a politically explosive fight over election maps just 12 days before early voting is set to begin for the state’s primary elections. The special session, scheduled to begin Friday morning, comes after weeks …

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that Georgia lawmakers will return to the Capitol next month for a special legislative session focused on redrawing the state’s political maps following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened key protections under the Voting Rights Act. The session, scheduled to begin June 17, …

The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday rejected a push to redraw the state’s congressional districts just weeks before primary elections, rebuffing pressure from President Donald Trump and exposing divisions among Republicans over a fast-moving effort to create an all-GOP congressional delegation. Senators voted 29-17 against adding redistricting to a resolution …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Alabama officials to seek reinstatement of a congressional map previously ruled racially discriminatory, injecting new uncertainty into the state’s elections just days before primary voting is set to begin. The high court overturned a 2023 ruling blocking Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional …

Virginia Democrats on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state court ruling that invalidated a voter-approved constitutional amendment aimed at creating four additional competitive U.S. House districts favorable to Democrats. The emergency appeal follows a 4-3 decision Friday by the Supreme Court of Virginia striking down the …

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is promising a sweeping Democratic response after last week’s Virginia Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a congressional map favoring Democrats and handed Republicans a significant advantage ahead of the midterm elections. In a letter sent Monday to House Democrats, Jeffries said the party would pursue …