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Republicans an additional five seats, several other states followed suit, including Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, 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
gerrymandering wars](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/the-redistricting-fight-that-dominated-american-politics-in-2025-00703193) — a result few thought possible when President Donald Trump picked the fight by pushing Texas Republicans to redraw their map last summer. The result is a major win for Democrats
Republican megadonor — pour millions into an effort to defeat Crawford, arguing the fate of “Western civilization” was at stake in the race. The court’s liberals have made use of their majority in recent years
effective job reaching voters,” said Noah Jennings, a Virginia-based Republican strategist unaffiliated with the “no” campaign. Complicating Democrats’ pitch are two factors: [The Virginia Supreme Court could still nullify the redistricting effort](https://www.politico.com
gerrymandering question has raised the stakes beyond party lines, she stressed. “This is not just cheating so [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) can beat Democrats – this is cheating so that authoritarians can dismantle our systems
gerrymandered congressional district map into law Monday which gives Republicans an electoral advantage in four additional races in November’s midterm elections. “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,” DeSantis said in a [post](https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/2051332545841660356)
Republican win, by adding or removing neighbourhoods and communities that lean one way or the other. It can turn a close race into a safe seat, or the other way around. It affects which communities
Republicans, said in a joint statement that the state can no longer use its current districts to carry out the primaries after the supreme court ruling. Early voting had been scheduled to begin Saturday
effectively erased the advantage Republicans built off new maps in Texas, North Carolina, Ohio and Missouri. It’s a stark reversal nearly nine months after Trump [first urged Republicans](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/trump-five-seat-pickup-redraw-texas-congressional-map-00454301) in the Lone
effect. While the court allowed the vote to go ahead, it said it would examine the case in full if the measure passed. The challenges focus on two key issues: Whether Democratic lawmakers followed
effect ahead of schedule – a procedural move that helps Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly criticised the court for departing from its usual procedure
gerrymandering is detrimental to our democracy." This year, Spanberger is supporting redistricting mid-decade to give Democrats an edge in the state. Virginia's vote is part of a nationwide fight sparked by President Trump
Republican candidates for the House of Representatives on Wednesday that he planned to suspend next month’s primary elections to allow state lawmakers time to approve a new congressional map, The Washington Post reported, quoting
Republican-led states have followed Trump's call and Democratic-led states have countered it. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [With Virginia vote
gerrymandering,” said Carol Anderson, chair of African American studies at Emory University. “It allows them to go full-born hog-wild.” When looking at a map of voting patterns in the United States, we find
effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) that prevented racial discrimination, all eyes turned this week to South Carolina. But in a 45-minute address to the state
gerrymandered to favor their party, violating a law passed by voters. Gibson presides with a friendly, calm demeanor in her courtroom. But in her rulings, she wrote a rebuke of the "Legislature's refusal
gerrymander the state’s last two Democratic representatives out of their seats. [True to form](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/trump-retribution-campaign), Trump vowed revenge, and top Indiana Republicans such as senator Jim Banks together with outside groups aligned
effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling). As Republicans scramble to redraw key districts after the US supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law that prevented racial discrimination
effectively gutted a major section of the [Voting Rights Act.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-explainer) The move cracks Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three pieces, each of which contains almost exactly a third