Posted on 09/26/2025 5:28:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger said Thursday that the legislature might redraw the state's Congressional districts in response to partisan gerrymandering efforts in other states.
Berger, posting on the social media site X, pointed to efforts by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to redraw districts there and said "we have drawn four Congressional maps in the last six years in redistricting fights with Democrats because of their sue-until-blue strategy. If we have to draw one more map this year, we will."
But Berger denied a rumor posted by a left-leaning group — and a subsequent report from CBS 17, which cited anonymous sources — that the redistricting would be part of a deal with President Donald Trump in exchange for Trump endorsing Berger in his competitive GOP primary battle next March. Berger says he hasn't spoken with Trump about either issue.
While other states offer fertile ground for partisan gerrymandering ahead of next year's midterm elections, North Carolina's congressional districts already heavily favor Republicans, who hold 10 of the state's 14 Congressional seats.
While a court-ordered map used in 2022 resulted in an even 7-7 split, Republicans on the N.C. Supreme Court won a court majority that year and overturned the previous ruling. That allowed the current GOP-leaning maps to be drawn for the 2024 election, and the three seats Republicans gained last year helped secure the party's narrow majority in the U.S. House.
Currently the only toss-up Congressional race for next year is in the state's northeastern corner, where Republicans hope to unseat Democratic Congressman Don Davis in a competitive district. It's possible that GOP state legislators could tweak district lines to give the Republican candidate there a better shot at victory, but it's unclear how that change might affect other neighboring districts that are now solidly Republican.
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And in California, voters will decide in November whether to gerrymander California’s congressional districts to favor Democrats.
Polling on this shows it’s closer than people would expect in a strong Democrat state. Gavin may fail in his attempts to gerrymander.
I say do it.
You mean really fight to get and maintain power like Democrats do?
Well hell yah do it!
Missouri-doing it for one seat.
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