Redistricting

John Leganski, who served as the deputy chief of staff for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), spoke about his upcoming book, Glory, Grief, and the Gavel: An Inside Guide to Running for Speaker of the House, and how the election for Speaker of the House was the “most fascinating” in American politics.

Thursday on MS NOW’s “All In,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reiterated the Congressional Black Caucus’ call for “black athletes to abandon SEC schools” over redistricting efforts.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) responded to complaints from Republicans that Massachusetts has nine Democratic representatives despite the state voting about one-third Republican in the last presidential election by saying that “we have a

Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) has joined a chorus of Democrats asserting that black representation in America is “under attack.”

The Republican leader of South Carolina’s state Senate defied President Donald Trump and voted against a redistricting effort that could have slashed the state’s only Democrat-led congressional district, arguing that “South Carolina is stronger when we have a vibrant Democratic Party.”

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) called for lawmakers in the state to gather for a special session in June in order to redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2028 election.

Sounds like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has conceded defeat in the 2026 redistricting battle, but like George Costanza and the Jerk Store, he’s already plotting his revenge in 2028.

During an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said that, combined with a failed redistricting effort in Virginia, it will be enough for Republicans to maintain control of the House of Representatives in this year’s midterm elections.

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones’ office fired off an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States that’s addressed to — lol — the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said Republican-led redistricting efforts were “about diluting the black vote.”

Democrats are considering annihilating the current State Supreme Court by passing a law lowering the retirement age from 75 to 54.

Sunday on MS NOW’s “Velshi,” Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones (D) said white Republicans had spit on the graves of civil rights elders with redistricting.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said Republican redistricting could cause his state to go from one Democratic congressman to three.

Protests were reported to have broken out in Alabama’s State House as lawmakers were discussing several bills during a special session regarding redrawing the state’s congressional maps in Republicans’ favor.

Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said the Republican Party had brought the country into “Jim Crow 2.0.”

Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” network host Al Sharpton said Republicans were ripping the country to shreds over race while discussing the redistricting battle across several states.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that the Virginia Supreme Court “ignored the will of the people” by killing the Democrats’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps in their favor ahead of the midterm elections.

House Democrats reacted with alarm Friday after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a redistricting referendum that Democrats had hoped would dramatically reshape the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, dealing what even some Democrats described as a major setback to their effort to retake the House.

Almost 600 unopened ballots were discovered in a northern California county months after voters approved a statewide Democratic redistricting measure, a tabulation error election officials called “unacceptable.”

Thursday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) discussed his state’s efforts to create congressional maps favorable to Republicans, noting that other Republican-led states were mimicking this tactic.

The Virginia Supreme Court just killed the state Democrat Party’s cynical attempt to rig the 2026 midterm election with a blatantly unconstitutional gerrymander scheme.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” failed Georgia Democratic political candidate Stacey Abrams said that with redistricting, Republicans are “intentionally eroding black voting power.”

It’s not the being wrong that’s so off-putting, it’s that these people are always 1) so smug in their certainty while being wrong and 2) refuse to learn from their mistakes.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night vanquished many establishment-leaning Hoosier Republicans that refused to back his move to redistrict the state to favor Republicans during the midterm elections.

During an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH) said that if Republicans redraw districts in the South, non-white communities “will not have the same representation that is very thoughtful and considerate of the very unique circumstances that

The newly drawn district map in Florida, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), is already triggering a flurry of lawsuits.

On Friday’s broadcast of FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) urged his state’s legislature to reconsider congressional district lines in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Louisiana v. Callais.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is not a centrist and was not truthful about plans on redistricting, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) mocked House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after the Democrat warned of “maximum warfare” if Florida Republicans opt to move forward with redistricting plans.

President Donald Trump commended both Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) and Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) for redistricting efforts in their respective states.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said on Wednesday that he plans to suspend May’s primary elections to allow state lawmakers to draw a new congressional map for the state after a Supreme Court ruling struck down race-based redistricting in the state.

Former President Barack Obama joined several Democrats in criticizing the Supreme Court’s ruling voiding a race-based redistricting map in Louisiana, stating that it “effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act.”

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a race-based redistricting map in Louisiana, ruling that the state’s second black-majority district violates the Constitution.

Even with Republican redistricting efforts, red states are “not even remotely as gerrymandered” as blue states such as California, Chuck Devore, Chief National Initiatives Officer at Texas Public Policy Foundation, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) responded to questions on whether language in the state’s redistricting measure was misleading by stating that “there was a vigorous campaign. Both sides were able to lay

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) responded to a question on the timing issues with the state’s redistricting measure by saying the judge who ruled against the measure is an activist. Co-host Brianna