Redistricting battle intensifies in states
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The fate of Virginia’s redrawn congressional districts rests in the hands of the Virginia Supreme Court, but if the redistricting proceeds, there will be big changes on the Peninsula.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) on Saturday said the likely redistricting efforts that could kick off following the Supreme Court’s ruling against a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana leave Democrats with “a fight ahead of” them.
Rep. Byron Donalds backs Gov. Ron DeSantis' new Florida redistricting map while blasting Hakeem Jeffries and Gavin Newsom over Democratic criticism.
While redistricting is the unbiased legislative process required for legislative maps, gerrymandering is a biased exploitation of the process, aiming to redraw lines for political benefit.
As Democrats and Republicans redraw House district boundaries in advance of November, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she’s open to it in New Jersey.
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Alabama governor calls special session to move primaries for redistricting, while Georgia passes
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called legislators into a special session Friday and asked them to reschedule the state's midterm primaries, in hopes that pushing those elections back will give them time to re-
The votes happened hours after the Supreme Court narrowed a section of the Voting Rights Act.
Following the passage of a new congressional redistricting map by the Florida House and Senate, Governor Ron DeSantis argued the mid-decade update is necessary to reflect a population net gain of two
The Supreme Court’s rollback of the Voting Rights Act is already throwing the 2026 midterm elections into flux, as states weigh last-minute changes to their congressional maps, while preparing for a much broader redistricting battle in the years beyond.