Redistricting News & Analysis
North Carolina
The Old North State is, again, engulfed in a complicated redistricting battle. The map used in 2022, which created seven Republican-leaning districts, six Democratic-leaning districts, and a purple district, was put in place by the North Carolina Supreme Court, controlled by Democrats at the time. But that…
When control of the House of Representatives hinges on outcomes in just a few districts, each state’s redistricting process can have dramatic consequences.
Even though most states have wrapped up the decennial redistricting process based on the 2020 Census, ongoing redistricting fights across several states could determine which party takes…
Democratic Members of Congress were bracing themselves for disaster. Running in a year marked by economic uncertainty — and widespread frustration with the direction that the country was heading in — incumbents in the party that controlled the federal government expected significant losses.
But catastrophic losses failed to materialize. House…
Republicans won the House majority, but by a narrower margin than expected. With votes still being counted in a few close races, Republicans are poised to gain between six and nine seats. They needed a net gain of five for the majority.
Democrats were victorious in the most competitive races.…
The votes haven't been counted yet and the results aren't yet known, but it’s not too early to take a look back at the key dates that have defined the 2022 midterm cycle.
Some historic moments, such as the confirmation of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, aren’t…
With the 2022 redistricting cycle coming to a close over the summer, we now know what all 435 congressional districts will look like this November.

As each state drew its new congressional map, Inside Elections profiled and rated every new district. In…
It was never supposed to be this difficult.
Following the 2020 Census, New Hampshire was apportioned two congressional districts: the same number it has had since 1883.
That means mapmakers had the job of drawing one single line, dividing the state into two seats. And for the past century, they…
One of the last states to finalize its new congressional map, Missouri, ended up with a plan that will probably keep the partisan breakdown of its delegation intact. But a pair of open-seat races still guarantees some turnover in the next Congress.
Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed off…
A drawn-out redistricting process in Kansas resulted in few alterations overall to its congressional map, but the state’s only Democratic-held seat will likely be even more competitive this November.
Kansas is no stranger to dramatic redistricting cycles, and this most recent round proved no different. Earlier in February,…
It’s been a journey to get to a final congressional map in New York, but it looks as if the maps for 2022, at least, are finally completed.
Democrats in the state legislature had drawn a map designed to help their party flip as many as three GOP-held seats. But…