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North Carolina Senate Approves Mid-Decade U.S. House Map to Add One GOP Seat

With the governor barred from vetoing maps, lawsuits are the only immediate check as the plan moves to the House this week.

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)
The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina, in July 2013.

Overview

  • Republican leaders said the redraw’s purpose is to secure one additional Republican seat, with Sen. Ralph Hise declaring the goal openly on the floor.
  • The proposal targets Democratic Rep. Don Davis’s 1st District, shifting it from roughly Trump+3 to about Trump+12 by swapping inland counties for coastal ones and placing Davis’s home in the 3rd.
  • Under the plan, Republicans are projected to hold 11 of North Carolina’s 14 U.S. House seats, up from 10; the 3rd District would be less Republican but still favorable for the GOP.
  • Hundreds of protesters gathered at the legislature as Democrats and civil-rights groups warned the map dilutes Black voting power; Republicans said they relied on political, not racial, data.
  • President Donald Trump urged passage and praised the map, which comes as part of a broader mid-decade redistricting push that includes GOP moves in Texas and Missouri and a Democratic counter in California.