While House Republicans argue over electing a new speaker, their razor-thin majority is slipping away in courtrooms as redistricting lawsuits in a half-dozen states threaten to make it easier for Democrats to win back control in 2024.
A handful of lawsuits challenging congressional district maps could give Democrats an advantage in as many as 10 House races, enough to easily overtake the GOP’s five-seat advantage.
“Republicans only have a five-seat majority right now, so every single case in all of these states could make a decisive impact on their ability to hold the House next year,” she said. “All of these battles definitely matter.” A three-judge panel in Alabama earlier this month created a district very likely to produce an additional Democratic-leaning congressional seat in 2024, and in New York, Democrats are fighting to redraw competitive district maps that could help them flip up to half a dozen seats. A hearing is set for next month in the state’s court of appeals.
The lack of a speaker has paralyzed the House and prevented consideration of critical legislation to fund the government and provide aid to Israel in its war against the terrorist organization Hamas. Mr. Faso and other New York Republicans are fighting efforts by Democrats to throw out the state’s congressional district map that was drawn by a court-appointed expert ahead of the 2022 election.
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