Republicans have won a partisan redistricting battle for Congress. The GOP could gain about 10 U.S. House seats in the upcoming November elections if the new voting districts perform as intended.
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A sign stands outside a polling location during local and primary runoff elections, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Dallas, where election materials and voting information are available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn. , Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
Protesters against a Missouri congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Jefferson City, Mo. Vote signs are seen outside a vote center in La Habra, Calif. , Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Vote signs are seen outside a vote center in La Habra, Calif.
, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. A sign stands outside a polling location during local and primary runoff elections, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Dallas, where election materials and voting information are available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. A sign stands outside a polling location during local and primary runoff elections, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Dallas, where election materials and voting information are available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Rep.
Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn. , Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn.
, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Protesters against a Missouri congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Jefferson City, Mo. Protesters against a Missouri congressional redistricting plan gather outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Jefferson City, Mo. has been won by Republicans.
Now it’s up to voters to decide whether it matters for control of Congress. Republicans could net about 10 additional U.S. House seats in the November elections if redrawn voting districts perform as they were intended. The question is whether that’s enough for the GOP to hold on to a majority in a chamber, where Democrats need to gain only a few seats to take control. Political trends and historic patterns favor Democrats.
President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are negative. And the incumbent’s party has lost House seats in every midterm election over the past two decades. This election season already has been unusual. Voting districts typically are redrawn only after a census at the start of each decade.
ButSince then, Republicans think they could win as many as 16 additional seats from new House maps enacted in eight states — Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama. Democrats, whose counterattackNearly 145 million people — about two of every five U.S. residents — live in states with new congressional districts for this election.revised House map into law last August that could help Republicans win five additional seats.
Democrats think they could still win some of those seats.into law last September that could help Republicans win an additional seat by reshaping a Democratic-held district based in Kansas City. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has until Aug. 4 — the date of Missouri’s primaries — to decide whether to rejectapproved revised House districtsin May that improve the GOP’s chances of winning an additional seat by carving up the lone Democratic-held seat, a majority-Black district based in Memphis.
Legal challenges are pending.in May that improve Republican chances of winning an additional seat by eliminating a majority-Black district held by a Democrat that thea congressional map approved by Republican state lawmakers that improves the GOP’s chances of winning an additional seat by reshaping a Democratic-held district that has a large number of Black voters. Lieb covers issues and trends in state governments across the U.S. He’s reported about government and politics for The Associated Press for 30 years.
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