New York Democrats are taking steps to regain greater control over congressional redistricting, advancing a constitutional amendment that could reshape the state’s political map ahead of the 2028 elections. The Democratic-controlled state legislature on Wednesday approved the first passage of a proposed amendment that would significantly expand lawmakers’ authority over …
Read More »The Redistricting Frenzy is Scrambling the Midterm Elections. Here’s Where Things Stand Now.
In the past two years, a dozen states have either approved new U.S. House maps or are moving toward doing so — a highly unusual mid-decade revamp prompted by President Donald Trump and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling late last month. And the situation isn’t settled yet — even as …
Read More »Virginia Voters Weigh Mid-Decade Redistricting in High-Stakes Referendum with National Implications
Virginia voters are headed to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to approve an unusual mid-decade redrawing of congressional districts, a move that could boost Democrats’ chances of flipping control of the U.S. House and intensify a growing national redistricting battle. The proposed constitutional amendment, backed by Democratic leaders, would …
Read More »10 Questions and Answers about Virginia’s Redistricting Referendum
Virginians will head to the polls Tuesday to approve or reject a closely watched constitutional amendment that could reshape the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections. The standalone spring referendum will cap months of legal battles, political messaging and unusually high early voting interest. The vote follows a …
Read More »Maryland Democrats Reject Redistricting Push, Dealing Setback to Gov. Wes Moore
Maryland Democrats abandoned a controversial effort to redraw the state’s congressional map late Monday, delivering a setback to Wes Moore as party leaders clashed over how aggressively to counter Republican-led redistricting efforts nationwide. The proposal died when the legislative session ended without action, with the Democratic-controlled state Senate leaving the …
Read More »Supreme Court of Virginia Greenlights Redistricting Referendum
The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to allow Democratic lawmakers’ mid-decade redistricting attempt to move forward, announcing it will hear the case on an expedited basis. The court denied Republican lawmakers’ motion to pause a redistricting referendum as the high court deliberates the case. The order means voters will …
Read More »Supreme Court Clears California to use New Congressional Map, Boosting Democrats ahead of Midterms
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a newly approved congressional map for this year’s midterm elections, handing Democrats a major political victory as they seek to reclaim control of the narrowly divided U.S. House. The decision came in a one-sentence order with no explanation and no noted …
Read More »Judge Orders Redraw of New York’s Lone GOP-held House District, Calling Map Unconstitutional
A New York state judge ruled that New York City’s only Republican-held congressional district was drawn unconstitutionally, ordering state officials to redraw the map in a decision that could reshape the state’s House delegation ahead of the midterm elections. State Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Pearlman concluded that the Staten Island-based …
Read More »Indiana Lawmakers to Reconvene as Midcycle Redistricting Fight Intensifies
Indiana lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map, reviving a volatile redistricting push backed aggressively by President Donald Trump despite earlier indications that Senate Republicans lacked the votes to move forward. The announcement came Tuesday as State House Speaker Todd Huston said …
Read More »Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP-Drawn Map, Orders New Democratic-Leaning Congressional District
A Utah judge late Monday night struck down a congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers and approved a new one that creates the state’s first Democratic-leaning district in more than a decade, dealing a sharp blow to the GOP’s redistricting strategy ahead of the 2026 midterms. Utah District Court Judge …
Read More »Proposition 50 Passed in California. Here’s What you Missed
California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measure that allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in favor of Democrats, pushing back against President Donald Trump’s effort to hold onto a Republican-controlled Congress by urging redistricting in Texas. Tuesday capped off a whirlwind, hyper-partisan two-and-a-half-month campaign for …
Read More »Trump’s Midwestern Redistricting Push Falters as GOP Lawmakers Resist in Indiana, Kansas
For most of President Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans have bent to his will. But in two Midwestern states, Trump’s campaign to secure GOP control of the U.S. House through mid-decade redistricting has hit a roadblock. Despite weeks of pressure from the White House, Republicans in Indiana and Kansas say …
Read More »Supreme Court Revisits Voting Rights Act in Louisiana Redistricting Case
More than a decade after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and just two years after it declined to unravel another, the high court on Wednesday will hear a consequential challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map that could further weaken the law’s protections for minority …
Read More »North Carolina GOP Moves to Redraw Congressional Map to Add Republican Seat
North Carolina Republican leaders said Monday they will redraw the state’s congressional map to add another GOP seat, joining a nationwide effort to fortify the party’s slim U.S. House majority before next year’s midterm elections. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest …
Read More »Missouri GOP Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan Backed by Trump
Missouri House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a controversial congressional redistricting plan that would give the GOP control of seven of the state’s eight U.S. House seats, part of a broader mid-decade push launched by President Donald Trump to cement his party’s narrow majority in Congress. The measure, which passed the …
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