Category Archives: redistricting

ProPublica Profile of NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby Draws Veiled Threat from Justice’s Daughter to Drop the Story or Deal with Trump Administration

October 31, 2025, 1:01 pmchicanery, judicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

ProPublica: In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, gave the state and the nation a demonstration of the stunning and overlooked power of his office. The previous year, the court — then… Continue reading

“Ohio Republicans cut redistricting deal with Dems”

October 30, 2025, 7:39 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Punchbowl: Republicans on Ohio’s redistricting commission struck a deal with Democrats on a compromise congressional map after hours of late-night deliberations…. This compromise is a shocking development. Ohio’s constitution mandates a complicated redistricting process that includes the commission and the state… Continue reading

“Louisiana Republicans delay election calendar to prepare for possible redistricting effort”

October 29, 2025, 12:03 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed two bills Wednesday to delay the state’s spring elections, a move designed to give them time for a possible redraw of the congressional map if the U.S. Supreme Court weakens a … Continue reading

“Another lawsuit challenges NC redistricting, this time using new legal theory of ‘retaliation'”

October 29, 2025, 11:00 amredistrictingRick Hasen

WRAL: Opponents of North Carolina’s new congressional districts filed a new legal challenge Monday — one that leans on a new interpretation of the U.S. Constitution in hopes of blocking the map from being used in future elections. The… Continue reading

5th Circuit permits mid-decade redistricting in Tarrant County, rejects partisan, racial gerrymandering claims

October 29, 2025, 10:42 amcourt decisions, redistrictingDerek Muller

Judge Willett, joined by Judges Barksdale and Duncan, in Jackson v. Tarrant County: Here, Tarrant County chose to redraw the precinct lines used to elect its County Commissioners—and to do so mid-cycle. The Challengers, a group of voters reassigned… Continue reading

“Top Maryland Democrat torpedoes state’s redistricting push”

October 29, 2025, 7:47 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“How big a deal is California’s Proposition 50?”

October 28, 2025, 10:08 amredistrictingRick Hasen

My explainer at the UCLA Newsroom.

“Newsom to Redistricting Donors: Stop Giving Me Money”

October 28, 2025, 7:59 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed onto his regular Zoom call with his political brain trust last Friday as they ticked through the latest developments in the high-stakes redistricting measure headed for a vote next week. They were far ahead… Continue reading

“Lawsuit Plunges New York Into the National Gerrymandering Fight”

October 27, 2025, 10:45 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: A lawsuit filed on Monday on behalf of four New Yorkers charges that the state’s congressional map unconstitutionally dilutes Black and Latino votes in a district that covers Staten Island and part of southern Brooklyn, according to a copy… Continue reading

“Republicans bet frenzied redistricting push can outrun historical trends”

October 27, 2025, 7:38 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Paul Kane for WaPo: The fight for House control in next year’s midterm elections has shifted into unfamiliar terrain: state capitals and courthouses. Rather than recruiting candidates and conductingearly fundraising, political operatives on both sides are focused on drawing new,… Continue reading

“Gov. Mike Braun calls special session to redraw Indiana’s congressional maps”

October 27, 2025, 7:34 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Indy Star: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has officially called lawmakers back to the Statehouse for a special session to redraw the Hoosier State’s congressional maps mid-decade, as requested by President Donald Trump’s administration. But the votes to redistrict still … Continue reading