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Capitol Hill sex scandals trigger new push to redraw the line for lawmakers

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Efforts to bar lawmakers from dating congressional staff are gaining momentum following multiple high-profile cases of alleged sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., introduced legislation on Tuesday that would bar members of the House of Representatives from having sexual relationships with any congressional staffers … Read more

Georgia state House lawmakers will not redraw voting districts during special session

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Lawmakers in Georgia’s House of Representatives say they are holding off on redrawing Georgia’s legislative maps during Wednesday’s special legislative session. In a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp obtained by CBS News Atlanta, House Speaker John Burns, House Speaker Pro-Tem Jan Jones, House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration, and other Republican leaders say that they will … Read more

As Southern states rush to redraw maps, some hit the brakes instead

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The Supreme Court’s decision in April to strike down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana as a racial gerrymander set off a redistricting frenzy across the South. Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee moved with alacrity, changing filing deadlines and voting dates to eliminate formerly protected Democratic districts ahead of this fall’s midterms. South … Read more

South Carolina Senate rejects Trump’s call to redraw congressional map

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As early in-person voting began Tuesday in South Carolina’s primaries, the state Senate rejected a Republican plan to cancel those congressional votes and instead schedule a new primary under revised districts designed to help the GOP oust a longtime Democrat. Some senators said it was simply too late to make a change. “South Carolina citizens … Read more

Republicans are rushing to redraw districts before midterms. Here’s where things stand

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Republicans are rushing to redraw congressional districts to their advantage ahead of the midterm elections following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened minority protections under the federal Voting Rights Act. In a matter of just weeks, new U.S. House districts already have been enacted in Tennessee and Alabama and have cleared at least … Read more

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp calls special legislative session to redraw congressional map after Supreme Court ruling

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Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed a proclamation convening the Georgia General Assembly for a special session on June 17 to address redistricting in the wake of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling expected to require changes to Georgia’s electoral maps before the 2028 election cycle. The special session comes six weeks after the Supreme … Read more

Is primary season too late to redraw the maps? Not when Congress is up for grabs.

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In the run-up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, many political strategists on both sides of the aisle had predicted significant impacts on Black representation, as well as on the partisan balance in the U.S. House of Representatives. But with this year’s election season in full swing by the time the … Read more

Supreme Court clears path for Alabama to redraw congressional map

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Alabama to adopt a new House map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.  In a divided decision from a trio of appeals involving Alabama’s 2023 House districts, the high court set aside lower court rulings that had blocked the state from using the GOP-drawn map, … Read more