The move comes months after a GOP-controlled state Supreme Court allowed gerrymandering based on politics.
By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan and Kyle Ingram, The News & Observer North Carolina’s new maps for the 2024 elections, passed by the General Assembly on Wednesday, are likely to give Republicans who drew them at least three more seats in Congress and shore up their supermajority in the Legislature.
Democrats say the maps are gerrymandered, and they are likely to end up in the courts, where Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton of Cabarrus County predicted they will be upheld as “fair and legal.” In the state Senate, Raleigh Democratic Sen. Lisa Grafstein and Sen. Jay Chaudhuri were placed in the same district, or “double-bunked.” Chaudhuri is the Democratic whip and has served more than four terms in the Senate, while Grafstein is a freshman. Grafstein previously told The News & Observer that shewithout an incumbent, and would make a final decision on Thursday.
In the House, Republicans redrew a district for Rep. Tricia Cotham, who was elected as a Democrat in 2022 and switched parties earlier this year. Her new district favors a Republican candidate. House Redistricting Chair Destin Hall acknowledged in committee on Thursday, while being questioned by Marcus, that the district was drawn to favor Cotham’s reelection.The congressional map will help determine which lawmakers will stay or go.
Another congressional district that doesn’t have an incumbent could be the path for Cotham if she wanted to run for Congress. That southern district could also be where unsuccessful candidate Bo Hines runs, if he tries again in 2024. Hines is from Charlotte and was the Republican candidate for the district that Nickel won in 2022.
Democrats in the Legislature and progressive activists have noted multiple districts in the congressional and legislative maps that they say dilute the voting power of Black residents. Those could form the basis of any impending federal lawsuits.Candidate filing for the 2024 elections runs from Dec. 4 to Dec. 15.
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