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Politics Sep 25

Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for third time

By David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Politics Sep 10

2020 U.S. presidential election in Missouri
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

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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

The Maryland State House is seen on August 21, 2023 in Annapolis, Maryland. The Maryland State House is the oldest U.S. State Capitol that is still in continuous legislative use in present days since 1772. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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

Politics Aug 16

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Republicans won the redistricting competition. Don't tell that to this California congressman

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.

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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May 27

Rep. Christian Menefee defeats Rep. Al Green in primary runoff fueled by redistricting

By Matt Brown, Associated Press

Under previous maps, Green and Menefee had served in neighboring districts before the state's Republican lawmakers redrew the state's congressional maps in an effort to create more Republican-leaning seats.

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