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House Republicans hold 220 of the chamber’s 435 seats. When three vacancies are filled in heavily blue-leaning districts, ...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced he's running for the U.S. Senate. He's seeking the position being ...
Brennan Center for Justice Senior Counsel Michael Li discussed the average number of people in each Congressional district and the factors that cause variations in the numbers per district.
Louisiana's Senate passed a new congressional map Tuesday that would keep the current design largely intact, rejecting an attempt to increase the number of majority-Black districts. If Senate Bill 5 ...
For the congressional map, it’s in areas north and west of downtown Atlanta. But lawmakers drew in Black voters in other parts of the metro area to make new Black-majority districts. “Going to a ...
with Alabama instead using a court-mandated map that created a second congressional district with a substantial Black population. That led to the election of Rep. Shomari Figures, who joined Rep.
A federal court ruled that Alabama lawmakers intentionally disenfranchised Black voters by refusing to redraw the state congressional district map to include a second majority-Black district ...
A federal court Thursday ruled that the Alabama Legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters in approving a congressional district map in 2023 that would only have had one majority ...
The latest lawsuit argues that decision warranted replacing the congressional district maps that were drawn under the “least change” requirement. In 2010, the year before Republicans redrew ...
A panel of three federal judges says the Alabama Legislature intentionally drew its congressional district map to dilute Black voting strength, which is unconstitutional and violates the Voting ...
Despite the rulings, the state Legislature refused to redraw the map to include a second congressional district that would allow Black voters to elect the candidate of their choice. “This record ...