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If approved, the map would eliminate the state’s only competitive U.S. House district — currently held by Democrat Rep. Don Davis — and make it Republican-leaning. North Carolina’s current map has 10 Republican-leaning and 4 Democratic-leaning districts. The new proposal would shift that to 11 Republican-leaning and 3 Democratic-leaning.
The proposed district maps passed its final hurdle in the NC Senate on Tuesday with a vote of 26 to 20 in favor. The new voting districts would give Republicans a solid advantage in 11 NC congressional districts potentially flipping a seat in the U.S. House.
The Senate formally passed the new map Tuesday, and it started to make its way through the state House of Representatives.
Republicans in the North Carolina Senate passed a new Congressional map Monday, inflaming debates over partisanship, the Voting Rights Act and allegiance to President Donald
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NC lawmakers advance plan to redraw congressional districts | Critics call it 'partisan and racist'
If approved, the map would eliminate the state’s only competitive U.S. House district — currently held by Democrat Rep. Don Davis — and make it Republican-leaning. North Carolina’s current map has 10 Republican-leaning and 4 Democratic-leaning districts. The new proposal would shift that to 11 Republican-leaning and 3 Democratic-leaning.