US EditionJudges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat
A federal panel ruled that partisan motives, not racial discrimination, justified the new map which likely boosts Republicans from 10 to 11 of 14 House seats.
- On Wednesday, a federal three-judge panel allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map for the 2026 elections in a unanimous 57-page order signed by judges Allison Rushing, Richard Myers and Thomas Schroeder.
- On Oct. 22, North Carolina's Republican-controlled General Assembly approved the new map to expand Republican seats following President Donald Trump's urging of GOP-led states.
- The judges wrote in a 57-page opinion, `Instead, the direct evidence shows that the 2025 redistricting was motivated by partisan purposes,` relying on 2020 census data after a mid-November hearing in Winston-Salem.
- The new map targets North Carolina's only swing district, the 1st Congressional District held by Don Davis, and is expected to flip the seat, likely giving Republicans 11 of 14 House seats next year.
- Common Cause signaled it will continue legal challenges, and any appeal would go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court, which recently sided with Texas Republicans in a separate case.
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North Carolina's Redistricting Can Take Effect, Judges Rule
A panel of federal judges declined on Wednesday to block North Carolina's new congressional map, which is intended to favor Republican candidates, from taking effect ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. The decision was issued in a unanimous 57-page order by three judges, all of whom were appointed by Republican...
‘Partisan, Not Racial’: Federal Court Clears Path For GOP To Snatch Key North Carolina House Seat
North Carolina Republicans secured a pivotal legal victory Wednesday as a federal court panel cleared the way for a new congressional map likely to tighten the GOP’s grip on the U.S. House of Representatives. A three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina unanimously denied requests to block the […] ‘Partisan, Not Racial’: Federal Court Clears Path For GOP To Snatch Key North Carolina House Seat
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