Redistricting - Page 3

‘Screaming’ Florida Democrat lawmakers on Tuesday shut down the state House in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) redistricting map.

Republican Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) slammed New York Assembly Democrats for designing a gerrymandered map that was struck down as unconstitutional on Thursday.

Republicans on Thursday won a huge redistricting lawsuit in New York, which may cost Democrats three to four seats in the U.S. Congress.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday vetoed the state legislature’s congressional map and called for a special session to rectify the standoff with establishment Republicans.

Democrat Midterm Chief Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) led Republican challenger New York state Rep. Colin Schmitt in an internal hypothetical matchup poll.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose in a letter Thursday advised that the May 3 primary election should not include congressional maps on the ballots, citing the decision by the Ohio Supreme court to reject maps, sending the Ohio Redistricting Commission back to the drawing board for the fourth time.

Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA) announced he will not seek reelection due to the redistricting map recently approved by “the liberal Pennsylvania Supreme Court.”

Donald Trump Jr. exclusively told Breitbart News on Thursday he holds Chris Christie responsible for leading a “totally pathetic” redistricting effort as the co-chair of the National Republican Redistricting Trust (NRRT).

Democrat incumbent Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) is tied with potential Republican challenger Tom Kean, Jr., in a hypothetical matchup, according to the poll taken by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) Research on behalf of the Democrat’s campaign.

Veteran GOP strategist Karl Rove is under fire hours before he is set to speak at a major gathering of Republicans in Missouri, all while his failures on redistricting nationwide become clearer.

The Republican-controlled Florida legislature on Thursday opposed Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) redistricted map that would have advantaged Republicans in the November midterms.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) on Wednesday signaled his preparation to cave to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) effort to retain control of the House amid statewide redistricting. 

The crime rate has reportedly increased in congressional districts where vulnerable House Democrats who voted to “defund the police” will be running for reelection.

The Kansas Senate voted 27-11 on Tuesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto of the legislature’s proposed congressional map. 

Establishment Republicans in Missouri’s Senate are caving to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) continued speakership past the November midterms due to redistricting foibles. 

Four Kansas state Senate Republicans on Monday night voted with the Democrats to protect Gov. Laura Kelly’s (D) veto on the state’s redistricted maps.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) approved the once-a-decade redistricting maps on Sunday, splitting the state’s capital, Nashville, into multiple congressional seats, a move that would help Republicans likely secure another seat.

A lawsuit was filed Thursday in New York state that alleges the state’s redistricting map is unconstitutional, Breitbart News has learned.

The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday ruled to strike down redistricting maps Republicans passed last November. 

Guru of redistricting and Senior Editor of the Cook Political Report Dave Wasserman announced on Thursday Republicans have flubbed their chance of dominating the nationwide redistricting battle that will ultimately shape Joe Biden’s presidency. 

Former Republican Senate candidate John James announced on Monday he is running for the open congressional seat in Michigan’s 10th District, which has been redrawn into a competitive battleground ahead of the November midterm elections.

The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) wants the New York legislature to approve an aggressive gerrymander that would leave New York with three Republican and 23 Democrat seats in Congress.

Vulnerable Tennessee Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper announced Tuesday he would retire from Congress after 16 terms, making him the twenty-ninth House Democrat to announce plans to leave the House after this year.

Tennessee’s once-in-a-decade redistricting maps are expected to be approved by the state’s General Assembly sometime this week, and Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper (TN) has reportedly considered retirement instead of running in a tough reelection.

Republicans across the nation are losing the redistricting battle that will shape November’s midterm elections and ultimately Joe Biden’s presidency.

Republicans in Missouri are advocating for a 7-1 congressional map in their favor after the Missouri House approved a 6-2 map that maintains current party divisions.

The Florida legislature will weigh a redistricting map, proposed on Sunday by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) office, during its legislative session

Democrat activist Huwaida Arraf, who cofounded the anti-Israel International Solidarity Movement (ISM), is running for Congress in Michigan’s Tenth District, which was redrawn into a competitive battleground during the redistricting process.

Democrat and U.S. Navy veteran Neil Smith announced he will attempt to unseat Democrat incumbent Rep. Eliane Luria (VA) in the June primary as she bids for a third term in a historically battleground district.

Tennessee Speaker of the House Cam Sexton (R-Crossville) said on Monday that a new map of the boundaries of the state’s nine congressional districts will be unveiled at a House committee hearing on Wednesday.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) announced her reelection bid Thursday in Virginia’s redrawn Second Congressional District, a historically battleground district.

Former California Rep. Harley Rouda announced he would suspend his congressional campaign after Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announced she would run in the same district following the state’s redistricting process.

Due to redistricting, two Michigan House Democrats in neighboring districts will go head to head in the 2022 midterm primary.

Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) announced she will run for reelection in Virginia’s new seventh congressional district — which she currently represents — after the redistricting maps were unanimously approved, putting her current residence outside the new lines.

Virginia’s two Democrat senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, say a “heavy weight” is being placed on “the three women in the delegation,” after a new proposed congressional map removes two of the Commonwealth’s female U.S. Representatives from their districts and significantly alters another’s district.

Former Rep. Harley Rouda (D-CA), who was planning to run to regain the seat he lost  last year, may retire after incumbent Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announced her intention to run in the same congressional district.