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We are 15 days from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
With little time remaining, the 2024 election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump appears headed…
Brent D. Griffiths,John L. Do…
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A North Carolina gerrymandering effort could oust a Democratic lawmaker who wrote a bill to make it illegal for lawmakers to gerrymander
US Rep. Jeff Jackson said the Republican caucus in North Carolina would draw him out of his distric…
Katie Balevic
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How Wisconsin became the must-win state of the 2024 presidential race
Since 2000, presidential contenders have more often than not won Wisconsin by less than one point. …
John L. Dorman
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Supreme Court rules just barely — that racial gerrymandering still violates voting rights
The decision comes as a surprise to court watchers who expected the Supreme Court to gut the Voting…
John Cook,Insider staff
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Civil rights groups sue Tennessee over the state's GOP-drawn congressional and state Senate maps, calling the boundaries 'unconstitutional racial gerrymandering'
The suit alleges the Republican-authored maps sought to dilute the voting strength of Black citizen…
John L. Dorman
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Justice Kavanaugh switches sides to throw out racially gerrymandered map in Alabama, just a year after he allowed the maps to stand for the 2022 elections
Kavanaugh allowed the Alabama maps, which diluted Black votes, to stand for the 2022 election. Now …
Paul Squire
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Ohio's new GOP-drawn congressional maps 'unduly favored the Republican Party,' the state's top court ruled, but they'll still be used in midterm elections
The redistricting maps were already used in the state's May primaries. Lawmakers will need to draw …
Katie Anthony
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Florida House Republicans compare a Democratic protest against redistricting to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol
"January 6 was ... a few hundred clowns who acted like idiots in the Capitol. Nothing was ever at r…
Kimberly Leonard,Nicole Gaudi…
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A New York court's decision to block Democrats' gerrymandering has handed the GOP a lifeline to retake the House
An anticipated "red wave" failed to materialize in Tuesday's midterm elections, but in blue state N…
Natalie Musumeci
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Maryland judge tosses state's congressional map, calls it an 'extreme partisan gerrymander' in a setback for Democrats
A spokesperson for the state Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, said it was still was review…
John L. Dorman
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North Carolina Supreme Court hands Democrats a legal victory by rejecting Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 4-3 ruling
In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that the maps passed by the legislature were illegal partisan ge…
John L. Dorman
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Former ACLU lawyer running for Texas Attorney General on a pro-choice platform says her pregnancy inspired her campaign
Rochelle Garza tells Insider that her pregnancy helped inspire her bid for Texas attorney general, …
Michelle García
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House Republicans are giving up on Congress despite holding the majority: 'This place is so broken'
Several GOP committee chairs are retiring, and younger Republicans in particular seem to be giving …
Bryan Metzger
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GOP-led Texas House approves new district maps that favor Republicans even more and strip away seats in Hispanic and Black areas
Democrats have repeatedly objected to the proposed districts, drawn by the Texas Senate, that would…
Jake Epstein
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw's misshapen, heavily gerrymandered congressional district may be getting a big makeover this year
New maps released by Texas Republicans show that Crenshaw could soon represent a safer, less missha…
Bryan Metzger,Grace Panetta
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What is Moore v. Harper? Experts say the next big Supreme Court case 'could provide the path for election subversion'
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of Moore v. Harper, which concerns the independent st…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Democrats are gearing up to 'unravel' Republican supermajorities across the country in 2024
In a memo first shared with Business Insider, the DLCC said it was building on the party's 2023 win…
John L. Dorman
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I showed up to a GOP congressman's 16-minute Christmas party. Here's what it was like to watch Democrats and Republicans rub shoulders in his cramped Capitol Hill office.
Where else can one find Marjorie Taylor Greene posing for a selfie with a House Democrat dressed up…
Bryan Metzger
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Nancy Mace's quest to 'create headlines for herself' is giving her Democratic opponent fresh hope
Michael B. Moore, a businessman descended from Civil War hero and Resconstruction-era Rep. Robert S…
Bryan Metzger
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Redistricting efforts could destroy Black and Latino political power. Advocates are sounding the alarm.
Redrawn maps would erase Texas' sole majority Black district. Advocates say redistricting efforts a…