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The charges come as Missouri faces litigation over its congressional maps, setting up potentially pivotal battles for control of Congress in November.
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After Indiana senators voted down a redraw of the congressional maps, Trump endorsed opponents to all of the state senators who opposed the map and faced reelection in November.
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After Alabama redrew its congressional maps in May, voters in several districts saw their primaries pushed to August. Now, it's time to vote and there are concerns confusion will dampen voter turnout.
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After exhausting their gerrymandering options in 2026, the party is hoping to redraw more congressional maps ahead of the next election cycle.
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Opponents of the redraw had argued that the maps violated the 14th Amendment and constituted illegal racial gerrymandering and sought an injunction to block the maps from taking effect.
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…
The court's repudiation of a lower court decision was only the latest case in which it has played a role in changing the congressional maps for Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, and California.
Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters.
The majority-Black district held for 34 years by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn will survive intact, for now, after Republican state lawmakers rejected a plan to redraw congressional maps.
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