North Carolina Republicans Move to Redraw Congressional Map, Targeting 11-3 Majority
By Marge | Published 2025-10-14T17:24:15.032+00:00
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Raleigh -- October 14, 2025: The Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly is pushing forward with plans to swiftly redraw the state's U.S. House district map, an action that Democratic leaders are denouncing as a transparent effort at partisan power consolidation, or "gerrymandering."
The move is designed to shift the state's congressional delegation further in favor of the GOP, increasing their seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.The Goal: Shifting Power to an 11-3 SplitThe current congressional map, established in 2023, already favors the Republican party, yielding a 10-4 split in their favor in North Carolina's 14-seat delegation.The new map being proposed by Republican legislative leaders has the clear intention of strengthening that majority to an 11-3 split.The ef