At the behest of President Trump, Republican lawmakers returned to Raleigh for the sole purpose of redrawing congressional maps in North Carolina. Prior to last week, North Carolina’s congressional delegation was split 10-4, with Republicans advantaged. They double down on their already-gerrymandered maps in order to draw an 11-3 split, making Rep. Don Davis’ toss-up district into a safely Republican one. You can see in this graphic from the UVA Center for Politics what the effect is. Note the “Proposed” map is now law:
This change to our congressional maps now makes WNC Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards’ district the “most” competitive; Trump won it by nearly 10 points in 2024.
Rep. Don Davis is a rare Democratic congressman representing a district won by Trump. This race to the bottom in terms of gerrymandering will only make Washington more dysfunctional than it already is — if that’s possible. There will be less and less incentive for anyone to work across the aisle. And now most elections in North Carolina, at least for the US House, will be decided in primaries instead of general elections.
I spoke at a rally on the day before we passed these maps to hundreds of concerned North Carolinians. You can watch my full remarks here:
More than 12,000 public comments were submitted, but they fell on deaf ears. Our office released these comments to the media. “A cursory review of the comments, which were released to the public by House Minority Leader Robert Reives, show an overwhelming opposition to the new map,” the News & Observer reported.
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