US EditionJudges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat
A federal panel allowed the GOP map to stand, which aims to flip North Carolina’s 1st District and strengthen the Republican hold on 10 of 14 seats, court ruled.
- 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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N.C. can use Republican-drawn congressional map, judges rule
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...
North Carolina can use redrawn map to flip House seat red: Judges
A panel of federal judges handed North Carolina Republicans a legal victory on Wednesday, allowing them to use a redrawn congressional map that flips one House seat in a swing district red. The ruling further bolsters the Republican Party’s mid-decade redistricting agenda as President Donald Trump seeks to maintain the House GOP majority leading up to the 2026 midterm elections. North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger hailed the three-judge pan…
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