Latest Redistricting News
Republican Gabe Evans ousts Democratic US Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado
DENVER (AP) — Republican Gabe Evans defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo on Tuesday in a closely watched race, flipping the Colorado House seat north of Denver and moving Republicans closer to control of the U.S. House with just over a dozen races left to be called. ...
Colorado US House race between Rep. Caraveo and Evans too early to call
DENVER (AP) — A U.S. House race in a newly formed district in Colorado was too early to call as two candidates were locked in a test of Republican and Democratic appeal to Latino voters. Latinos make up nearly 40% of the electorate in the district north of Denver, where Republican...
Ohio voters reject replacing troubled mapmaking system with citizen-led redistricting commission
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have established a citizen-led redistricting commission to replace an existing mapmaking system that repeatedly produced unconstitutional maps. The outcome marked a defeat for the group...
Supreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana congressional district, after election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana's congressional map with two mostly Black districts. The court won't hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged map,...
Former US attorney general says House candidate Shomari Figures in Alabama will fight for equality
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who backed litigation that resulted in the redrawing of Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, called next week’s election a historic opportunity for the state’s voters. Holder appeared with the district's...
Georgia Democrats try to get closer to a majority as they contest legislative seats
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. (AP) — The general in one of Georgia's house-to-house partisan struggles was rallying her troops on Saturday morning in a suburban Atlanta coffee shop. Democratic state House candidate Laura Murvartian stood up on a stool to urge 50 canvassers to turn out...
Ohio's fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is 'gerrymandering,' anyway?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1, a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, has landed voters in a fix. While they are hearing from the campaign behind the constitutional amendment that it would prevent...
Plaintiffs won't revive federal lawsuit over Tennessee's redistricting maps
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee voting and civil rights advocates says it won't refile a federal lawsuit alleging the state's U.S. House map and boundaries for the state Senate amount to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. In a news release Friday, the plaintiffs...
Ohio officials approve language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1, a redistricting measure, as requiring gerrymandering when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board approved the...
Ohio Supreme Court clears ballot language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court let stand late Monday ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1 as requiring gerrymandering, when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. In a 4-3 ruling, the high court ordered two of eight disputed sections of the...
