The Virginia State Supreme Court struck down Democrats’ ambitious redistricting plan in the Old Dominion on Friday. The map, which was designed to elect 10 Democrats and just one Republican, was approved by voters in a statewide referendum last month.
The decision is an exclamation point on a madcap week…
Wasting little time after the Supreme Court defanged what remained of the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee Republicans passed a map designed to elect nine Republican members of Congress this fall. The Volunteer State’s delegation is currently split 8-1 in favor of Republicans, with Democrat Steve Cohen of Memphis as the…
Republican Jen Kiggans’ 2026 re-election was always going to be her hardest race yet. But after Democrats muscled through an aggressive redraw of Virginia’s congressional map, the two-term representative is one of just a handful of GOP incumbents to begin the summer as a clear underdog.
Kiggans’ experience as a…
President Donald Trump’s gains among Hispanic voters in 2020 and 2024 helped him keep Texas red and return to the White House. But despite significant swings at the presidential level, that newfound strength has been slower to translate down ballot, where the GOP holds just two of South Texas’ four…
The redistricting battle continued on Tuesday as voters in Ohio and Indiana went to the polls for a slate of primaries.
Early in the cycle, Republicans were determined to gain as many as three House seats in the Buckeye State. But with six months to go before the general election,…
Florida’s new congressional map could net House Republicans as many as four additional seats this fall, though it could also result in much smaller gains for the GOP.
The plan, approved by the Florida state legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, comes in the wake of…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Henry J. Gomez of NBC News break down all of the upcoming primaries in Ohio. The trio also analyzes whether incumbent Democrats Marcy Kaptur, Greg Landsman and Emilia Sykes or Republicans representatives Max Miller and Mike Turner will be returning to Congress, takes an early…
Back-to-back special elections in Georgia and New Jersey are the latest signs that Democrats are favored to take back the House — with the party's net gains potentially extending far beyond the three seats they need for a majority.
The two recently filled congressional seats, Georgia’s 14th and New Jersey’s…
California’s 14th District. Over the course of just a few days, Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell went from potential governor of California to dropping out and resigning his seat in disgrace and scandal. Democrats are still trying to avoid getting locked out of the June 2 primary for governor if two…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Randi B. Hagi of WMRA Public Radio in Harrisonburg, Va. tackle the latest in the nationwide redistricting war. They analyze whether the Virginia referendum will pass, which Republican incumbents could be at risk of losing re-election from the Democratic-drawn map and how a new Virginia…
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