Opinion: Texas refuses to address gerrymandering of House districts
The Democrats lost the House in 2022 in large part due to state-level GOP gerrymandering in Texas and other key states.
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The Democrats lost the House in 2022 in large part due to state-level GOP gerrymandering in Texas and other key states.
Electoral redistricting is a high-stakes political game, so Democrats and Republicans have a hard time playing fair. When they’re made to work together, a more representative result is possible.
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones rejected claims that the new maps don’t do enough to help Black voters.
Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans move to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. It's one in a series of redistricting sessions across the South after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for Black voters to win changes from courts. Georgia House Republicans on Tuesday released a map that would likely cost them only two seats from their current 102-78 majority while creating five more majority-Black districts that D...
Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans move to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order.