Redistricting

Texas plans to redistrict to help Republicans retain control of the House in the midterm elections. That effort is being met by similar moves in Democrat-controlled states. North Carolina is no stranger to gerrymandering and we take a closer look at how our past efforts can inform the current moment.

Congress may be in recess, but the news from Washington hasn't stopped. We talk to Washington correspondents covering it all from the handling of the Epstein files and a redistricting arms race to the start of attack ads in the U.S. Senate race and more.

In closing arguments, attorneys for the plaintiffs, including the NAACP, described a rushed and secretive process that resulted in the maps used in the 2024 election.

Natasha Marcus was placed in the same district as Republican Vickie Sawyer of Iredell County. The district favors a Republican.

A state Senate committee approved new congressional districts Monday that would likely help Republicans gain at least three additional seats next year.

North Carolina Republican lawmakers released new maps for Congress and the General Assembly last week. The state legislative maps look to cement their supermajorities. The congressional map uses some brutal gerrymanders to wipe out at least three Democratic seats, giving the GOP a boost in its efforts to keep the U.S. House in 2024.

North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Wednesday filed two bills for the state’s new congressional map, with one giving the GOP a clear advantage in 11 of the state’s 14 districts by efficiently packing Democrats into three seats.

Republican lawmakers filed new redistricting maps Wednesday afternoon that could give the GOP an advantage in next year's elections.

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

One of North Carolina's Congressional mapmakers, former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, spoke with "Inside Politics" last week about what happened behind closed doors.