Red states in the South are seeking to advance the GOP’s goal of keeping the House majority this fall by redrawing their congressional maps in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that reignited the redistricting arms race. Tennessee Republicans approved a new map on Thursday that threatens to unseat the state’s lone House Democrat after the high court’s ruling, which declared Louisiana’s map… Source link
U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) looks on during a press conference about the SAVE America Act in the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced on Monday that he’s deploying Rep. Joe Morelle this week to meet with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislators about mid-decade redistricting in the state. Jeffries and Morelle, both New York Democrats, said in a joint statement the effort is a response to the Supreme Court’s decision last week weakening a section of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in voting. The 6-3 ruling strikes down a majority-Black, Democrat-held district in Louisiana. And it could lead to similar districts being drawn out of existence in multiple Republican-led states ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “While far-right extremists on the Supreme Court have twice recklessly cleared the path for partisan gerrymandering, Democrats refuse to unilaterally disarm,” Jeffries said. “This is just the beginning. Across the nation, we will sue, …
An Indiana Republican running for a competitive House seat announced Thursday that she would be withdrawing from the race, citing the competitive nature of the district and the state’s failure to redistrict ahead of November. “Indiana’s legislature sadly chose not to redistrict Indiana congressional map to counter Democrats’ egregious gerrymandering and their counting of illegal… Source link
Via American Greatness, A Virginia circuit court judge has ruled that state Democratic leaders have violated constitutional procedures in attempting to engage in retaliatory redistricting efforts before the midterm elections. Virginia Democrats had sought to create a constitutional amendment allowing them to redraw congressional district maps in order to gerrymander the state to flip 5 current Republican seats to Democrats. Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack S. Hurley Jr. ruled on Tuesday that Democrats had made procedural mistakes including missing notice requirements, nullifying related legislative moves and the improper expansion of a budgetary special session. This means that Democratic lawmakers will not be allowed to put the measure before Virginia voters until after this year’s midterm elections. 🚨 BREAKING: A Virginia Judge just issued an injunction against the Democratic effort to redistrict the state and ruled that it isn’t valid for a referendum until after the 2027 election. pic.twitter.com/eZsbkGMn61 — Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 27, 2026 NBC reports that amendments to the Virginia state constitution must be passed by the legislature twice, with a general elections between …
