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plans to delay House primaries after Supreme Court redistricting ruling Louisiana is preparing to delay its House primaries after the Supreme Court struck down its current map. In a statement [posted to social media
redistricting effort in Tennessee is one of several rapidly advancing plans in Southern states as Republicans try to leverage a US Supreme Court ruling
planning and filing lawsuits saying to try to stop these states from going forward. Before the ruling, Republicans held a lead in redistricting – creating districts they can more easily flip to their side – by perhaps
redistricting plan aimed at winning more seats in the US Congress for Republicans. Saturday’s elections also took place amid confusion after a recent US Supreme Court ruling
supreme court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s [Democratic](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats)-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high stakes
Supreme Court ruling is seen as a major win for Louisiana Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration and is expected to make it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under
Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan in US Virginia’s top court has thrown out a [new electoral map](/news/2026/4/22/trump-calls-virginia-election-rigged-after-redistricting-referendum) that was crafted to flip four Republican-held US congressional seats to Democrats, handing
Republicans opposing the redistricting. He said that unlike other southern states that rushed to redistrict, South Carolina's districts did not fall under a recent Supreme Court ruling weakening voting rights for minorities. Also
Republicans in **Georgia** may also try and wipe out several districts held by Democrats. **On Wednesday, the US supreme court [ruled](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf) that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional
plan could face legal challenges. Critics have questioned the ballot wording and the process used by lawmakers. The Virginia Supreme Court has allowed the vote to go ahead while reviewing those concerns. If it later
plan is supported by Republican leadership in both chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly and is expected to pass Thursday. “The Supreme Court has opined that redistricting, like the judicial system, should be color-blind
supreme court to allow it to eliminate a district currently represented by a Black Democrat. Instead, it will use a map this cycle that a court previously ruled was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Black
supreme court [ruled in February](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/california-new-voting-maps-supreme-court) to reject a Republican challenge. If approved by the Florida legislature’s Republican majority, DeSantis’s new maps will, subject to legal challenges, be adopted in time
redistricting. "South Carolina citizens are going to the polls today," Republican state Sen. Richard Cash said. "And neither my conscience or common sense is going to let me stop an election that is already underway
redistricting for explicitly partisan purposes. DeSantis and his aides believe those provisions will not be a legal barrier because they have been weakened previously by the [Florida](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) supreme court and again
Supreme Court cleared the way for a different map that could let the GOP reclaim the seat. While the matter remains under litigation, the state plans special primaries Aug. 11 under the new map. Democratic
Redistricting efforts across the South continue following the SCOTUS ruling which is making [Alabama's primary a bit confusing](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5812921/alabamas-legislature-poised-to-adopt-new-congressional-map-after-scotus-ruling). Primaries for 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th congressional districts have been rescheduled. Primaries
redistricting plan. Ohio lawmakers had to create new maps because multiple earlier versions were either rejected by the courts or adopted without bipartisan support since 2021. The current map features some minor adjustments
Republican-controlled state legislatures in the South to eliminate at least some House districts with sizable racial minority populations currently represented by Black Democrats and that were likely protected under the Supreme Court's previous
Republicans push redistricting efforts in numerous states, Democrats are working on their own strategy in response to the Supreme Court ruling. The National Democratic Redistricting Committee is leading the Democratic Party's strategy. The committee