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North Carolina GOP Releases Draft Congressional Map Redrawing 1st and 3rd Districts

Because the governor has no veto in redistricting, the map could take effect after next week’s vote unless courts halt it.

North Carolina Republicans have proposed a new congressional map.
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)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, 2025.
A rough sketch demonstrates redistricting. (Travis Dove for The Assembly)

Overview

  • The proposal, posted on the General Assembly’s website with analyses and a public comment portal, shifts Beaufort, Craven, Carteret, Pamlico, Hyde and Dare into the 1st District and moves Wilson, Wayne, Greene and Lenoir into the 3rd.
  • Attached election analyses indicate Republicans would be positioned to win 11 of North Carolina’s 14 U.S. House seats, up from the current 10–4 split.
  • President Donald Trump publicly endorsed the plan, while GOP leaders Phil Berger and Destin Hall framed the move as part of a national effort to secure the House majority.
  • Democrats and voting-rights groups signaled imminent litigation, arguing the changes target Rep. Don Davis’s competitive seat and, as Democrats contend, the state’s only majority-minority district.
  • Lawmakers plan to take up the map next week in what would be at least the seventh congressional redraw since 2016, with North Carolina’s long history of court fights over maps informing expectations of swift legal challenges.