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The Republican Party could possibly control six out of Arizona’s nine congressional seats after the state’s redistricting commission approved a new map on Wednesday.

California’s “independent” redistricting commission has done it again, drawing a new congressional map Monday that favors incumbent Democrats, hurts Republicans, and removes a district from Los Angeles, the weaker of the state’s political cities.

Nevada Democrat Rep. Dina Titus unloaded on the state’s redistricting process during a town hall on Wednesday with the AFL-CIO union members, according to the Nevada Current.

The Michigan Press Association and three media outlets filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in response to the Michigan redistricting commission’s refusal to release records from a meeting it had in October, as well as legal documents the commission claims are protected by “attorney-client privilege.”

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) signed a bill into law on Friday that sets new boundaries for congressional districts in Ohio and could add an additional GOP seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections.

Montana Democrat Caucus Chair, state Rep. Laurie Bishop (D-Livingston), announced Wednesday she is suspending her campaign for the state’s new congressional seat due to redistricting to run for reelection in her seat in the state House.

Redistricting battles in state legislatures across the country have heated up over the past few months, and control of the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2022 midterm elections hangs in the balance.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of ten Republican representatives to vote for the impeachment of former President Donald Trump and one of two Republicans to sit on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s partisan committee investigating the January 6 incident at the Capitol, announced his retirement Friday after the Illinois Democrats released its redistricting maps.

Democrats in the Illinois state legislature released their proposed new congressional district maps, which place Republican Adam Kinzinger in a Democratic district and force him to run in 2022 against an incumbent who is likely to defeat him.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), chairman of the House Budget Committee and leading the talks on infrastructure, announced on Tuesday that he would not be seeking reelection. 

The Iowa State Senate resoundingly rejected a pro-Democrat redistricting map on Tuesday in a 32 to 18 vote.

Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives Pat Grassley has not yet indicated whether he will support or oppose a redistricting plan submitted by the state’s Legislative Services Agency (LSA) that is favorable to Democrats when it comes to a vote in the Iowa House of Representatives and the Iowa State Senate on Tuesday, giving rise to some Republicans now calling him “Pelosi Pat.”

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is considering a redistricting map ahead of the 2022 midterm elections that would be overly beneficial and lopsided toward helping Democrats retain their U.S. House majority, Breitbart News has learned.

Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives Pat Grassley has come under fire from conservatives for failing to oppose a Democrat-friendly redistricting plan proposed by the Iowa agency responsible for drawing the first draft of new congressional and state legislative boundaries.

Republicans fighting to control the House of Representatives in the midterms may be able to pick up another seat in Colorado after the independent redistricting commission passed its new congressional map proposal late Tuesday.

Democrats are trying to poach half as many House seats from Republicans in 2022 as they did in 2020 — from 39 to 21.

A recent report from Politico showed the House Democrats would have a hard time keeping their majority after redistricting finalizes throughout the country.

A self-described “independent” Michigan Redistricting Commissioner, Anthony Eid, who’s been commissioned to redraw the political districts in Michigan, is reportedly a supporter of the far-left Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

The final report of the 2020 Census that will be used to redraw lines for congressional districts within 44 states was released by the Census Bureau on Thursday, setting the stage for redistricting battles in state legislatures around the country.

A group of 15 Republican governors sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo requesting the release of the Census data to be sped up due to the burdening the delay is causing on the redistricting process across the nation.

Former President Obama is planning his first post-2020 fundraiser for Democrat redistricting efforts June 28.

House and Senate Democrats’ “wafer-thin” majorities are in trouble leading up to the 2022 midterms. According to a report, history, retirements, and redistricting will play a key factor for the Republicans poised to take back the House.

The Democrats campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), is looking to invest its resources in securing major minority voting blocs ahead of the 2022 midterms, according to a report.

Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) has voted with her party over 99 percent of the time, according to a voting record database kept by ProPublica.

Brady Duke, a Christian minister and former Navy SEAL sniper, announced as a Republican to challenge Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) on Tuesday as the Democrat tries to retain her seat after backtracking on her Senate primary bid against Rep. Val Demings (D-FL).

Rep. Stephanie Murphy will challenge Rep. Val Demings in the Democrat Senate primary race, abandoning the House for an opportunity to challenge incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio.

Florida will obtain one additional district in U.S. House of Representatives just in time for the 2022 midterms, the Census Bureau indicated Monday.

California is set to lose a congressional seat for the first time in its history, after data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday revealed that the South and Mountain West gained population relative to California, the Midwest, and Northeast.

U.S. House Republicans released a detailed breakdown of 47 Democrat-held districts they intend to target in November 2022 in their quest to retake the majority from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

President Donald Trump and his huge populist coalition saved many federal and state GOP legislators from being redistricted out of their jobs during the next decade, according to media reports on statehouse election results.

Americans significantly decreased contributions to Democrats running for state legislature seats in the second quarter as the Democrat Party has turned hard left, fundraising information announced this week shows.

These are the major changes Democrats could make within months of the 2020 election, and which will be impossible to reverse.

Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams claimed in June 2014 that poor voter registration totals among people of color across the South only served to empower a “minority white conservative coalition.”

Republican Dan Bishop’s close win in the special election Tuesday for North Carolina’s 9th congressional district sets the stage for the 2020 Republican National Convention, which will be held in the nearby city of Charlotte in late August.

Former President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a new initiative to influence redistricting efforts across the United States.

The Supreme Court will decide a dozen cases this week before the Court adjourns for the summer, including four major cases, dealing with the U.S. census, redistricting, and deference to government agencies, which could have long-lasting impacts on the nation.