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California, Utah, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Texas have since followed suit. The campaign was kicked into overdrive when the US Supreme Court ruled last week that a [provision](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how) of the landmark 1973 Voting
congressional gerrymandering advantage heading into this year’s midterm elections. The ruling could bolster Republican hopes of keeping their majority in the US House in the midterms. Democrats pursued the Virginia measure as part
new maps ahead of the vote. “Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the rights of our voters,” the state’s Governor Jeff Landry said
California, Utah and most recently [Virginia](/news/2026/4/22/virginia-redistricting-election-results-key-takeaways-from-democrats-win). The process has brought the issue of gerrymandering, in which legislative maps are drawn to benefit one political party over the other, to the forefront of US politics
California’s congressional delegation, experts say. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also appeared on track to advance to a November run-off as she seeks a second term after a turbulent first four years
congressional district in Texas](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/373x373+1078+803/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F2a%2F10026c0e48db8cdd3cd0b16b5a1e%2Fgrove-redistricting-texas-20250811.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5495427/trump-redistricting-texas-congress-california) ### [News](https://www.npr.org/sections/news/) ### [Trump prompted a battle over voting maps. Here's how redistricting affects voters](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/18/nx-s1-5495427/trump-redistricting-texas-congress-california) [The debate in Virginia](https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-04-08/va-constitution-gerrymandering-free-fair-elections-maps-vrc-ballot-april) sounded
new congressional districts in South Carolina are shown in the South Carolina Senate antechamber on Friday. **Jeffrey Collins/AP** Jeffrey Collins/AP South Carolina lawmakers dealt President Trump's national redistricting effort a blow Tuesday when
congressional district Wednesday morning. Both developments will assist President Trump's national push to help the GOP in the midterm elections. With the Florida redistricting, the GOP likely gains an advantage of two or three
primary](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/iowa-primary-election-results), defeating the state senator Zach Wahls, who had pitched himself as an anti-establishment outsider. On the Republican side, Randy Feenstra’s second-place finish in the gubernatorial race ended Donald
California and Utah that resulted in about six new Democrat-dominated districts. Virginia’s victory largely neutralised Republican gains, adding between two and four seats for Democrats. “This could shift Virginia from
primary elections already underway, this is one of Democrats’ last shots at offsetting or even overcoming the gains Republicans made in Texas and elsewhere before November. If the ballot referendum fails, it would
congressional districts, and the whole country is [left waiting](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/opinion/california-elections-vote-count-slow.html) – as it was in 2020, 2022 and 2024 – to find out which party controls the House of Representatives. It is also a political
district court judge put the case on hold in April, then Louisiana appealed that decision to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans. That's when things got dramatic. A panel