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North Carolina Enacts New U.S. House Map Aiming to Add One GOP Seat

With no gubernatorial veto under state law, opponents are expected to challenge the map in court.

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)
Marchers proceed from the Capitol during a rally protesting a proposed redistricting map Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
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)

Overview

  • The GOP-led House approved the plan 66-48 a day after the Senate, putting new lines in place for 2026 that projections say would shift the delegation from 10-4 to about 11-3 in favor of Republicans.
  • The redraw targets Democratic Rep. Don Davis’s 1st District by swapping inland counties such as Wilson and Wayne for more conservative coastal areas and placing his home in the 3rd, shifting the seat from roughly Trump +3 to about Trump +11 based on 2024 results.
  • Republican sponsors, led by Sen. Ralph Hise, said they relied on political rather than racial data and explicitly sought one more GOP seat in response to President Trump’s call for mid-decade remaps.
  • Democrats and voting-rights advocates argue the plan dilutes Black voting power; hundreds protested at the legislature, and demonstrators were removed from the House gallery during the final vote.
  • The change is part of a wider national push that has already produced new GOP-leaning maps in Texas and Missouri, with a California ballot measure and other state actions pending; North Carolina’s candidate filing opens December 1.