Overview
- Virginia leaders called a special session for Oct. 27 to start a constitutional process that could let Democrats redraw U.S. House districts and potentially add two to three seats.
- North Carolina’s GOP legislature enacted a map targeting Democratic Rep. Don Davis’s swing district, a plan the Democratic governor cannot veto and that is expected to face legal challenges.
- Texas and Missouri have already adopted mid‑decade maps projected to net Republicans about six seats combined, with lawsuits pending and a referendum drive underway in Missouri.
- California’s Prop. 50 heads to a Nov. 4 vote to replace commission maps and could add up to five Democratic seats, as supporters report raising more than twice the opposition, which includes a $33 million donation from Charles T. Munger Jr.
- A forthcoming Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act Section 2 could constrain race-based districting and reshape plans for 2026, while Indiana Republican leaders say they currently lack votes to proceed with a redraw.