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The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases challenging the state’s congressional map as a gerrymander that advantages Republicans. If the court were to rule for the plaintiffs, the state could have more Democratic-friendly districts for the 2028 elections.
After Missouri’s year-long fight over a gerrymandered congressional map, local election officials are scrambling to finalize ballots after the legal battle blew past deadlines for them to be done.
Missouri Republicans are once again asking a federal court to rule against their redistricting opponents — even after the GOP already struck out at the Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court, and even as local election officials prepare to send out ballots to voters later this week.
They argue Hoskins’ decision to reject the referendum and his participation in a chaotic legal battle to try to keep the gerrymandered map in play this November amounted to a violation of his responsibilities as the state’s top election official.
The fate of access to the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections now sits in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
His administration this week proposed a set of changes to the 2030 census that would for the first time exclude non-U.S. citizens from the population count. The proposal would also eliminate key race and ethnicity questions.
The Texas Supreme Court blocked Galveston County Republicans from switching local voting maps between the primary and November election, rejecting an unprecedented strategy to maximize partisan advantage at voters’ expense.
An Indiana state senator who bucked President Trump’s demand for a gerrymandered congressional map in the state will likely keep his seat after the state Supreme Court Thursday declared him the victor in an extremely close primary race.
Missouri’s Supreme Court held the state’s top election official in contempt Thursday for defying its order not to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm election. The development was the latest embarrassment for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R), after being thwarted in his attempt to force the gerrymander on Missourians. Hoskins entered the […]
Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court had the final say in the matter — and it was not the one MAGA wanted.