The Houston primary election will be held using a new, drastically changed congressional map with different voters and a longtime incumbent from a neighboring district entering the race. It’s poised to be the most confusing congressional election this year.
A New York court ruled that the state’s 2024 congressional map illegally diluted the political power of Black and Latino voters*, ordering an immediate redraw that would likely give Democrats another seat in this year’s midterms.
Maryland Democrats took a major step toward eliminating the state’s last GOP-held U.S. House seat, as a governor-appointed redistricting commission approved a new congressional map aimed at countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders ahead of the 2026 elections.
From California to Virginia, this was a good week for voting rights and fair elections. And we kept you up to date on all of it.
President Donald Trump’s redistricting arms race is wreaking havoc across the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. But in Missouri, the fight has grown into something that threatens to cut democracy to the bone.
The Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts.
When opponents of Missouri’s new, GOP-backed congressional map began gathering signatures to advance a ballot measure to veto the map, they faced an onslaught of opposition from Republicans.
Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block California’s voter-approved congressional map after a federal court firmly rejected their challenge.
With every passing day, experts say, it’ll get harder for more Republican-led states to heed Trump’s redistricting call.
The Virginia House of Delegates approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, a significant step toward countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders.