By Makini Brice and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York independent commission approved a new congressional map and sent it to the state’s legislature for passage, potentially …
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled this morning that the redistricting plan used by the governing body of Galveston County, Texas, known as the Commissioners …
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By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brewing battles over redistricting from New York to Utah may result in new congressional maps for at least half a dozen states before …
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Supreme Court Redistricting Decision Could Cost Republicans Even More House Seats Arjun Singh on August 2, 2023 Redistricting litigation in southern states, following a Supreme Court case striking down Alabama’s …
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‘A F*cking Landmine’: Unprecedented Redistricting Is Disrupting All Of Virginia’s State Legislative Primaries Mary Lou Masters on June 20, 2023 Virginia’s state legislative primaries on Tuesday are facing new challenges …
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HANS VON SPAKOVSKY: The Supreme Court’s Ruling On Race-Based Redistricting Is A Real Head-Scratcher Hans von Spakovsky on June 15, 2023 Chief Justice John Roberts made a major error in …
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‘Democracy Itself Is On The Line’: MSNBC Panel Completely Melts Down Over SCOTUS Redistricting Case Harold Hutchison on December 7, 2022 Panelists on MSNBC said democracy was “on the line” …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – The outcome of state supreme court races in Tuesday’s midterm elections could have profound consequences for control of the U.S. Congress in the future, as …
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KILLIAN: New York Democrats Get Burned In Redistricting Julie Killian on May 21, 2022 Sometimes in life what goes around comes around and this is certainly the case with the …
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Judge Strikes Down Part Of Florida GOP’s Redistricting Map Sebastian Hughes on May 12, 2022 A portion of Florida’s new congressional map was blocked Wednesday after a circuit judge found …
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Dems Thought Redistricting Would Save Them In 2022. Here’s How Their Dreams Turned To Dust Sebastian Hughes on May 9, 2022 Unfavorable court decisions and aggressive moves from Republicans late …
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By Joseph Ax and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – Republicans are vowing to spend record amounts in key state supreme court races this fall, seeking to take advantage of a favorable …
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Cook Political Report Just Delivered Some Bad News For Democrats On Redistricting Sebastian Hughes on March 30, 2022 The Cook Political Report has lowered the number of seats Democrats are …
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By Joseph Ax -North Carolina’s top court heard arguments on Wednesday over whether the state’s new congressional map illegally favors Republicans. The case is among dozens of lawsuits filed in …
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Berkeley, N.J. — On Friday, January 7th, surrounded by his closest supporters and Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District, Shawn Hyland announced the suspension of his campaign …
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David Wasserman, a senior editor at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said Wednesday that the redistricting process, long thought to favor Republicans, was essentially a “wash.” There may be more …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department sued Texas on Monday alleging the state violated the Voting Rights Act by creating redistricting plans that intentionally …
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Maine and Nebraska are the only two states that allocate electoral votes by congressional district, and their new maps, finalized this week, ensure that both states could be pivotal not …