North Carolina, New York, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana redrew their districts.
Congressional redistricting in North Carolina, New York, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia could affect the race to control the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024Five states changed their congressional district lines since the 2022 midterm elections; three of those states were mandated to redraw their lines by federal courts, who found that the old lines violated.
All of these recent changes have moved the median 2020 presidential margin among House districts ever so slightly to the right, from D+2 to D+1.9, according to. That’s certainly a small shift, but it could still translate to Republicans gaining a seat or two from Democratsin 2024 through redistricting alone. And with such a— Republicans hold just a 221-to-214 seat edge — any gains the GOP can make in November will be welcome news for the party.
In the 7th District, which has been the state’s only majority-Black district for 30 years, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell is expected toBut in the newly-drawn 2nd District, centered around Mobile and Montgomery, the race is a tiny bit more competitive. The seat is currently held by Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who has decamped to run in the 1st District to give himself a better shot at reelection.
Democrats and voting-rights advocates argued that the new map was still illegal because of what it did to the 7th District. But it's not clear that the old 7th District was protected by the Voting Rights Act; at 33 percent white, 30 percent Black and 21 percent Hispanic, it did not have a majority of a certain type of voter. Itthat such coalition districts may be protected by the Voting Rights Act as long as both minority groups vote similarly .in December.
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