Overview
- Primary contests in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, which take place Tuesday, double as a test of President Trump’s sway and the first big electoral check on fresh GOP mapmaking.
- A 6–3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a Louisiana map that added a majority-Black seat and raised the bar for proving racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act, and a follow-on decision cleared Alabama to revive a 2023 map that had been blocked.
- Virginia’s high court, in a 4–3 decision, voided a Democratic referendum to redraw its map for violating state law, while Tennessee approved a plan that splits Memphis’s Democratic, majority-Black district into three.
- Alabama officials set special primaries in August to implement the court-authorized map, with some contests proceeding Tuesday and others shifting to summer as candidates reassess which district to run in.
- Trump’s primary muscle is on display after helping unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy and targeting Rep. Thomas Massie, and forecasters warn the combined rulings and new maps could net Republicans double-digit House seats as Democrats renew calls for court and redistricting reforms.