State Rep. Donavan McKinney bested two-term incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar in Tuesday's Democratic primary to represent Michigan's 13th Congressional District. Why it matters: The lifelong Detroiter's win likely returns Detroit to Black representation in Congress, which ended with Thanedar's 2022 victory. - It also brings another victory for a progressive-backed candidate. - McKinney won by a slim 51.9% to 48.1%, with the race called late Wednesday morning by AP . State of play: Thanedar had the advantage on funding and name recognition . However, mainstream House Democrats didn't seem as concerned about him losing to a progressive challenger as in other races, Axios' Andrew Solender report s. Yes, but: McKinney still needs to win in…
Gov. Brian Kemp had called a special session so Republicans could secure one or more additional House seats in the 2028 elections. But lawmakers pulled the plug.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to New Orleans later this summer as Democrats confront a Supreme Court ruling that could sharply reduce Black representation in Congress, a person close to her first told Axios. - Harris has slammed the court's Louisiana v. Callais ruling as "backdooring racism through politics." Why it matters: Harris' moves are the latest sign she's inching toward a presidential run in 2028, and courting Black voters as she lays the groundwork for a campaign. - Black voters have been a powerful voting bloc in recent Democratic presidential primaries, and 2028 primary polls show Harris is currently leading other contenders among the critical constituency. Driving the news: Harris, who has publicly…
As Republicans break up majority-Black House districts, Democrats must decide whether to preserve seats concentrated in urban areas or push them into white suburbs to target G.O.P. seats.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday he has not yet decided whether to support Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (D-Fla.) reelection amid anger over her decision to run in a majority-minority district. Why it matters: Jeffries is known for uniformly backing even his most polarizing members . This rare deviation stunned some of his colleagues. - "He's never done that," one senior House Democrat told Axios. "He supports incumbents." - Jeffries himself declared Tuesday in response to a different question: "I stand behind every single House Democratic incumbent." - Wasserman Schultz, a member of Jeffries' leadership team, has stoked the anger of Black Democrats by running in a plurality Black district. "People are…
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama, to push back against conservative states' efforts to dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation.
Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about a Supreme Court ruling that could pave the way for a drop in Black representation in Congress.
It took the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and its revisions decades later, to restore Black congressional representation in the South after Reconstruction.