Overview
- House Democratic leaders, led by Hakeem Jeffries, are organizing a pushback against Republican redistricting plans that target districts where Black voters hold decisive power.
- Louisiana’s governor suspended upcoming U.S. House primaries and the state Senate advanced a plan that would dissolve Rep. Cleo Fields’s majority-Black district by extending Rep. Troy Carter’s seat into Baton Rouge.
- The Supreme Court removed key legal hurdles by striking down a majority-Black district in Louisiana and by lifting a lower-court order that had locked Alabama’s map in place until the next census.
- Tennessee enacted a new map that splits Memphis’s majority-Black district into three seats, dispersing Black voters into surrounding, largely white areas and weakening their voting strength.
- CBC Chair Yvette Clarke warned that as many as 19 of the caucus’s 58 members could face jeopardized seats, while GOP leaders such as Steve Scalise argue the new maps correct Democratic overreach.