North Carolina Republicans have closed in on enacting new boundaries for the state’s congressional and legislative districts that aim to fortify GOP prospects for Capitol Hill and in Raleigh. The full Senate voted Tuesday along party lines for maps for the state’s congressional delegation and for the Senate’s own districts.
Sen. Ralph Hise , one of the sponsors of a congressional redistricting bill, speaks as the North Carolina Senate debates the bill at the Legislative Building, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina state Rep. Destin Hall, a top Republican redistricting official, speaks to reporters about the proposed state House map, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, N.C. While other senators look at the map on their computers, Sen.
The congressional map that passed the state Senate creates 10 districts that appear to favor a Republican, three that favor a Democrat and one that could be considered competitive, according to statewide election data and political experts. Republicans currently hold a 221-212 seat advantage over Democrats in the U.S. House.
Republicans also redrew boundary lines for their respective chambers that also appear to keep the GOP in good positions to hold their current veto-proof majorities of 72 seats in the House and 30Statewide election data indicates keeping such a supermajority may be more challenging in the House, where Republicans reached 72 in April when then-Democratic Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County
The congressional lines “unnecessarily pack and crack the state’s most urban and diverse communities, diminishing their voting power even though these are the very same areas where population has grown,” said Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, a Wake County Democrat. Republicans said they didn’t use voter population data based on race to form the maps.
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