Aug 07 Watch 5:55 'Mutually assured destruction': GOP Rep. Lawler calls for redistricting battles to end By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura Indiana could become the next major battleground over redistricting.The move follows efforts by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps in their favor, a move that sparked threats of retaliation from leaders in blue states. In response, a handful of Republicans… Continue watching
Aug 07 Vance visiting Indiana as Trump urges GOP-led states to redistrict By Isabella Volmert, Associated Press As President Donald Trump pressures Republican states to reopen the process of redistricting mid cycle, Vice President JD Vance is set to meet with GOP leaders in Indiana. Continue reading
Aug 07 Sen. Cornyn: FBI has agreed to help find Texas lawmakers By Associated Press The Texas Republican isn't saying just how the FBI might help state law enforcement find the legislators who left Texas to block a vote on new redistricting maps. He had requested federal help on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 10:18 How politicians are picking their voters with partisan redistricting By William Brangham, Kyle Midura Wednesday marks the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the law that ended the era of Jim Crow voting laws that blocked Black Americans from exercising their right to cast a ballot. But 60 years later, there’s renewed effort to… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 3:28 Texas Democrats leave state to stop GOP redistricting plan backed by Trump By Stephanie Sy, Solveig Rennan Democrats from the Texas House of Representatives have fled the state in order to block the passage of a new congressional map. The redistricting is a priority for President Trump, but critics call it gerrymandering and election-rigging. Stephanie Sy reports. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 5:07 Trump trying to 'insulate himself from the will of the public,' Texas Democrat says By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens Texas Democrats left the state to block a vote on a mid-decade redistricting plan that would benefit Republicans. Geoff Bennett discussed the move with Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, who is currently in Illinois. Continue watching
Aug 03 Texas Democrats leave the state in effort block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump By Joey Cappelletti, Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The dramatic move could expose Democrats to fines and other penalties — with the state's attorney general having previously threatened to arrest them if they took such an action. Continue reading
Jul 17 Florida Supreme Court upholds congressional map that eliminates a majority-Black district By Curt Anderson, Associated Press The court, dominated by DeSantis appointees, upheld the state's congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district. Continue reading
Jun 16 Redistricting trial begins in North Carolina over allegations that GOP-enacted maps erode Black voting power By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Republican leaders counter that lawfully partisan — and not racial — considerations helped inform their decision-making. Continue reading
Nov 06 In rare flip, Shomari Figures wins Alabama's 2nd district By Joshua Barajas Shomari Figures won an Alabama congressional seat in a district that was redrawn last year after the Supreme Court weighed in on the key redistricting case. The nation's highest court ordered the state to redraw its 2nd Congressional District, which… Continue reading