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North Carolina GOP Sets Vote Next Week to Redraw U.S. House Map

Republicans can enact a new congressional map without the governor’s veto under state law.

FILE - The North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, June 5, 2024.
Demonstrators gather at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson City on September 10 to protest the legislature's efforts to change the state's congressional district maps.
Law enforcement stand guard outside of the state capitol building in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 17, 2021.
FILE - North Carolina state House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, left, speaks while state Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, listens during a news conference at the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 11, 2025.

Overview

  • House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate leader Phil Berger said the legislature will reconvene Monday to consider a new map following President Trump’s call for states to add GOP-leaning seats.
  • Republicans currently hold a 10–4 edge in North Carolina’s delegation and say they aim to secure one more seat, with analysts pointing to the 1st District held by Democrat Don Davis as the likely target after his narrow 2024 win.
  • Gov. Josh Stein and Democratic leaders denounced the move as an abuse of power, and party organizers announced a protest in Raleigh on Oct. 21.
  • Voting-rights lawsuits brought by the NAACP, Common Cause and voters against parts of the current map concluded a trial in July without a ruling, and the outcome could shape any new lines.
  • The push is part of a broader mid-decade redistricting fight that includes GOP-driven changes in Texas and Missouri and a California ballot measure next month that could allow Democrats to redraw that state’s map.