Politics Oct 05 After redistricting, a Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress By Gary Fields, Associated Press
Politics Sep 25 Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for third time The justices halted a federal appeals court ruling that would have revived the Republican-friendly map for the November elections, which will determine control of Congress. There were no noted dissents. By David A. Lieb, Associated Press
Politics Sep 10 Missouri is poised to revert to former districts after Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed map The decision means Missouri could run the November general election with different U.S. House districts than were used in the August primary — an extremely rare situation that could switch the candidate choices for more than a million potential voters. By Lindsay Whitehurst, David A. Lieb, Associated Press
Politics Sep 09 Watch 5:29 Missouri's election maps in chaos after conflicting rulings With less than two months until Election Day, the fights over congressional maps are still raging. Republicans are not seeing as much gain as they may have liked from redistricting. In the last day, dueling and conflicting legal rulings have… By Lisa Desjardins
Politics Aug 26 Democratic-backed Maryland redistricting amendment can't go on November ballot, court rules A Maryland court has ruled against a proposed constitutional amendment that could have paved the way for Democrats to redraw the state's congressional districts ahead of the 2028 elections. By David A. Lieb, Associated Press
Aug 16 Republicans won the redistricting competition. Don't tell that to this California congressman By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press President Donald Trump last year told GOP-controlled states to redraw their maps before this year's midterm elections to increase the number of winnable seats for Republicans in order to help the party hold onto the U.S. House. Continue reading
Jun 03 Republicans won the redistricting battle. Now voters will decide whether they win Congress By David Lieb, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jun 02 Democrats redrew California's map to counter Trump. The primary tests whether it pays off for them By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The party won voter approval last year to redraw the state's congressional map to create five more winnable U.S. House seats. But some Democrats now worry that they could be locked out of the November ballot in one of those… Continue reading
May 29 Louisiana passes new congressional map to eliminate majority-Black district, give GOP another seat By Jack Brook, Associated Press Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act. Continue reading
May 27 Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The state's Republican leadership filed an emergency appeal with the justices a day after a three-judge court refused to let the state use a map it adopted three years ago that has a majority Black population in just one of… Continue reading