Overview

• Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall said they will bring redistricting votes next week to reshape the congressional map and, in their words, secure an additional Republican seat.
• Berger framed the move as safeguarding Republican control of Congress to support the president’s agenda, with Hall saying voters delivered a clear mandate they intend to defend.
• Republicans control both chambers of the General Assembly, and a GOP-majority state Supreme Court decision in 2023 expanded the legislature’s latitude to draw districts.
• North Carolina currently has a 10–4 Republican advantage in its 14-member U.S. House delegation, while national House control is narrowly divided at 219–214 with two vacancies, heightening the stakes.
• House Democratic Leader Robert Reives condemned the plan as disenfranchisement and a power grab, and Berger denied a social-media allegation of trading redistricting for a presidential endorsement as false; GOP leaders also pointed to recent map moves in Texas and efforts in California.