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Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse
Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic
America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all.
Nov 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
How Greg Abbott’s comments backfired in court to doom Texas gerrymander
Eleanor Klibanoff, Salon
Judge Jeffrey Brown pointed to comments from the governor and GOP legislators as the basis for his ruling that the new map can’t be used in 2026.
Nov 22, 2025, 11:00 AM
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The Associated Press, NPR
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
Nov 22, 2025, 1:51 AM
Alito pauses lower court ruling that would have blocked Texas redistricting
Devin Dwyer, ABC News
The state's emergency application comes after a lower court said "substantial evidence" indicated Texas' new map was an illegal racial gerrymander.
Nov 22, 2025, 1:32 AM
Texas GOP Had A Legal Path To Gerrymander. Trump’s DOJ Ordered Them To Take The Blatantly Illegal Path Instead
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Let’s say, hypothetically, you want to gerrymander some congressional districts to help your party win more seats. Here are a couple of options: Which do you choose? If you said “obviously option 1,” congratulations, you understand the law better than the Tru…
Nov 19, 2025, 6:50 PM
Texas appeals ruling that Trump-urged voting map is racial gerrymandering
Blaise Gainey, NPR
A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities.
Nov 19, 2025, 12:55 AM
'Played with fire, got burned': GOP control of House at risk after court blocks Texas map
Michael Wilner, Yahoo Entertainment
A federal court has blocked Texas from moving forward with a new congressional map hastily drawn in recent months to net Republicans up to five additional...
Nov 18, 2025, 9:46 PM
Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Ian Millhiser, Vox
In a decision that could potentially reshape the 2026 midterm elections and cement the Democratic Party’s future control of the US House, a federal court just struck down the gerrymandered Texas maps that President Donald Trump pressured that state to enact. …
Nov 18, 2025, 8:55 PM
Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms
JOHN HANNA, Yahoo Entertainment
Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges...
Nov 18, 2025, 6:15 PM
Gerrymandering looks like a worse and worse bet for GOP
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill
It is certainly still too soon to say what the effects of a spasm of mid-decade gerrymandering will be on the results of the 2026 midterms, but one thing we ...
Nov 18, 2025, 11:00 AM
Trump’s redistricting campaign isn’t going well
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s campaign to redistrict his wa…
Nov 14, 2025, 11:00 PM
Trump administration joins lawsuit against California’s redistricting maps
Abby Rogers, Al Jazeera English
Voters' approval of Proposition 50 means Democrats might win up to five additional seats in the House in the midterms.
Nov 13, 2025, 11:47 PM
The redistricting battle that could decide the 2026 elections, explained
Christian Paz, Vox
In addition to lifting Democrats’ spirits, last week’s elections, in which the party beat expectations and regained much of the support among young and nonwhite voters that it had lost in 2024, changed the calculus for what may become one of the defining figh…
Nov 10, 2025, 5:00 AM
WATCH: California's Proposition 50 will pass, ABC News projects
ABC News
California's Proposition 50, redrawing the congressional map to make five districts more Democratic-leaning, will pass, ABC News projects.
Nov 5, 2025, 5:48 PM
Why Prop. 50 is the hollowest of victories for California Democrats | Opinion
Tom Philp, Sacramento Bee
The decision by California voters to temporarily return to gerrymandered congressional maps won’t overcome that Democrats are out of touch.
Nov 5, 2025, 5:15 AM
California voters approve redistricting. Will it tip the balance of power in Washington?
BBC News
Liberals will have an edge in five new California seats but more states are redrawing their voting lines in hopes of clinging to power in Washington.
Nov 5, 2025, 4:22 AM
California voters OK new congressional lines, boosting Democrats ahead of midterms
Guy Marzorati, NPR
California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Nov 5, 2025, 4:01 AM
Proposition 50 live election results: Calif. voters projected to pass redistricting
Halle Troadec, ABC News
See Prop. 50 vote counts and learn what the ballot measure will change.
Nov 5, 2025, 4:00 AM
From California to NYC: 4 races to watch this Election Day
NPR Staff, NPR
Four races highlight this year's elections: a redistricting referendum in California, governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the mayoral contest in New York City.
Nov 4, 2025, 10:00 AM
How the scramble to redraw congressional maps impacts the battle for the US House
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News
Republicans and Democrats are scrambling across the country to revisit the maps and district lines that will shape the political battles ahead in the midterms.
Nov 3, 2025, 10:18 AM
Democrats push fight against Trump in California redistricting effort
Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English
Proposition 50 has become a referendum on what steps Democrats are willing to take to counter President Donald Trump.
Oct 31, 2025, 4:56 PM
GOP voters in Northern California brace for loss of representation in fight for US House
TRÂN NGUYỄN, Yahoo Entertainment
In a stretch of Northern California known for farming, ranching and a rural way of life, residents worry a ballot measure to redraw U.S. House maps is all...
Oct 28, 2025, 12:19 PM
Virginia Democrats move forward in push for new congressional districts
STEVE PEOPLES and OLIVIA DIAZ, Yahoo Entertainment
Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, said Monday that she would not oppose a push by the state's Democratic-controlled...
Oct 28, 2025, 12:51 AM
Virginia, Indiana join national fight over Trump's redistricting campaign
By Steve Gorman, Yahoo Entertainment
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Virginia and Indiana were poised on Monday to become the latest battlegrounds in a rare and widening mid-decade redistricting war ...
Oct 27, 2025, 5:12 PM