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NC Senate Advances Map Aimed at Adding GOP House Seat

The proposal shifts eastern counties to tilt the 1st District right, with a House vote next before likely lawsuits.

North Carolina state Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke (left and standing), presides over the Senate Committee on Elections while it considers legislation to redraw the state's U.S. House district map at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh N.C., Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
The state flag of North Carolina is seen in the senate subway tunnel in May 2023.
FILE - Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, at East Carolina University, Oct. 13, 2024, in Greenville, N.C. (AP Photo/David Yeazell, File)
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers the State of the State address at the Legislative Building in Raleigh North Carolina, on March 12, 2025.

Overview

  • The Senate approved the plan 25–20 along party lines, with a third reading set for Tuesday before the map moves to the Republican-led House.
  • Republicans project the map would produce an 11–3 GOP tilt in North Carolina’s 14-seat delegation by making the 1st District more favorable to the party.
  • The plan moves Beaufort, Hyde, Dare, Craven, Pamlico and Carteret into NC-1 while shifting Wilson, Wayne, Greene and Lenoir to NC-3, placing Rep. Don Davis’s home in NC-3.
  • President Trump endorsed the redraw as part of a broader national effort, while GOP mapmakers say they used political data and no racial data in drawing lines.
  • Democrats, civil-rights advocates and protesters argue the changes dilute Black voting power in the longstanding minority district; the governor cannot veto redistricting and lawsuits are expected.