共和党のヘンリー・マクマスター知事は、サウスカロライナ州の連邦下院選挙区の境界線を再編するため、特別議会を招集する見通しである。この動きにより、共和党が7議席全てを確保する可能性があり、民主党のジム・クライバーン下院議員の議席が脅かされる恐れがある。
マクマスター知事の計画は、火曜日に行われた州上院での採決が否決されたことを受けたものだ。選挙区再編のために通常会期を延長する決議に対し、5人の共和党議員が民主党側に回り、可決に必要な3分の2の賛成に2票及ばなかった。シェーン・マッセイ上院多数党院内総務は反対派を率い、境界線の変更には政治的リスクが伴うと警告した。同氏は上院議場で「私は、州は活気ある政党が存在することでより強くなると信じている」と述べ、民主党が存続しうる状態であることの方が共和党にとっても強みになると主張した。また、外部からの圧力についても「私には南部人の血が流れており、屈することはない」と拒絶した。
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South Carolina Republican lawmakers failed Tuesday to secure the votes needed to extend the legislative session and redraw congressional maps, stalling efforts pushed by President Donald Trump to eliminate the state's only Democratic-held House district.
Florida lawmakers approved a new congressional voting map that could help Republicans flip four House seats currently held by Democrats. The map supports President Trump's push for redistricting in Republican-led states. Democrats condemned it as partisan gerrymandering.
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Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to pass new congressional maps expected to eliminate the state's only Democratic U.S. House seat. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law shortly afterward. The move followed a Supreme Court decision striking down certain majority-black districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
Legal fights over congressional maps are accelerating in multiple states as both parties maneuver for advantage before the November 2026 elections. A high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case involving Louisiana’s congressional map could have broader implications for how race is considered in redistricting under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on April 29, 2026, in Louisiana v. Callais that Louisiana’s congressional map (SB8) was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, concluding the Voting Rights Act did not require the state to draw an additional majority-Black district. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., called the ruling “a massive and devastating blow,” warning it could accelerate redistricting fights across Southern states ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The Virginia Supreme Court struck down new congressional maps on Friday that voters had approved in April. Democrats are now considering responses, including a radical plan to replace the entire court, though leaders appear unlikely to pursue it immediately.
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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 29 ruling in Callais v. Louisiana—which struck down a second majority-Black congressional district as racial gerrymandering—civil rights advocates in the Deep South have condemned the decision as a threat to Black representation. States including Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana are redrawing maps, prompting vows of lawsuits and midterm mobilization.