North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules [View all]
Source: NBC News
Nov. 26, 2025, 7:34 PM EST
A federal court in North Carolina is allowing the state to use a new Republican-drawn congressional map that would help the GOP pick up another seat in the House during next year's midterm elections.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina unanimously denied preliminary injunction requests brought by a pair of lawsuits that said in part that the new map was aimed at diluting the voting strength of Black voters, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The judges found that the challengers "presented no direct evidence" that the North Carola Legislature enacted the map for racially discriminatory purposes.
"Instead, the direct evidence shows that the 2025 redistricting was motivated by partisan purposes," the panel wrote Wednesday in a 57-page opinion.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/federal-court-allows-north-carolina-use-new-republican-drawn-map-2026-rcna246156
As if such a practice is acceptable.
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