Five states have new congressional maps for this November, and the GOP is poised to gain a slight advantage in the hotly contested battle to control the House.
While there’s an outside chance of another last-minute redistricting before November, after two significant court rulings this week the House landscape is largely locked in place — and the GOP is breathing a sigh of relief that this mid-decade round of redistricting went its way. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The battle to control the House is expected to be extremely competitive. And with Republicans currently holding only a two-seat majority, every single district will count. The streak of courtroom wins was no guarantee. The Alabama suit reached all the way up to the Supreme Court, which in the Roberts era has been generally hostile to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But in a surprise ruling, a majority of the court — including the chief justice —It was also a boon for similar challenges across the South. Soon after, courts in Georgia and Louisiana also found that new maps were needed to better represent Black voters.
It was a shocking turn of events after years of legal wrangling. The state has an independent redistricting commission split evenly between the two parties — but ultimately, the Democratic-dominated state legislature gets the final say. , who’s already Biden-friendly, Syracuse-based district got a couple points bluer in both the commission and lawmakers’ maps.)
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