Overview

• The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request from Michigan's redistricting commission to overturn an order to redraw 13 Detroit-area seats in the Legislature.
• The commission had challenged a December ruling by a federal appeals court panel that found Michigan's legislative maps drawn in 2021 were illegally influenced by race.
• The panel ordered the redraw of seven state House districts for the 2024 election, with a later deadline for six state Senate districts.
• The Supreme Court's decision is likely to make the legislative maps more competitive, potentially increasing the number of 'Detroit-focused' districts that would be solidly Democratic.
• The redistricting process had reduced the number of majority-minority districts in the Legislature from 15 to five, according to the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University.