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Swing-state Republicans will help Trump rig the midterms



Add North Carolina to the list of Republican-controlled states that will
redraw their congressional maps to help rig the 2026 midterm elections for the
GOP.

State Senate leader Phil Berger, a Republican, said on Monday that he is
calling the Republican-controlled legislature back into session next week to
pass the new map, which could steal another U.S. House seat from Democrats.

"Earlier today [state House Speaker Destin Hall] and I agreed to return to
Raleigh to back up [President Donald Trump] by redrawing our Congressional map
in North Carolina to block blue state Democrats like [California Gov. Gavin
Newsom] who want to take control of Congress from Republicans," Berger wrote in
a post on X.

Of course, California is trying to redraw its maps only because Republicans
in Texas heeded Trump's demand to redraw the Lone Star State's congressional
map to squeeze out as many as five Democrats from the state's U.S. House
delegation. California voters will decide whether to approve a ballot measure
in November that would suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission
and allow the Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw its districts to
negate Texas’ partisan gerrymander. Polls show the referendum is on track to
succeed.




 



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North Carolina, for its part, already has one of the most skewed GOP
gerrymanders in the country. Trump carried the state by just 3 percentage
points in 2024, yet Republicans hold 10 of the state's 14 U.S. House seats.

In 2024, Democrats broke the GOP's gerrymandered state legislative
supermajority. However, even that won't matter if the legislature does redraw
its maps, since the governor does not have the power to veto the new district
lines. The new map can pass with a simple majority in the legislature.

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein slammed Republicans for trying to rig the map to
even further benefit GOP candidates.

“The General Assembly works for North Carolina, not Donald Trump," Stein said
in a statement. "The Republican leadership in the General Assembly has failed
to pass a budget, failed to pay our teachers and law enforcement what they
deserve, and failed to fully fund Medicaid. Now they are failing you, the
voters. These shameless politicians are abusing their power to take away yours.
I will always fight for you because the voters should choose their
representatives, not the other way around.”




 



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Newsom, whom Berger called out in his X post about the redraw, also condemned
North Carolina Republicans for their redistricting effort.

“The pathetic legislative leaders of North Carolina haven’t even passed a
budget. And what are they busy doing? Rigging the next election for Trump,”
Newsom wrote in a post on X. “Their priorities are clear—bend the knee to
Trump, screw over North Carolina. Remember that.”

If North Carolina passes a new map, it would become the latest GOP-controlled
state to abruptly redraw its lines in order to squeeze out more seats for
Republicans—an effort to prevent Democrats from taking control of the House in
the 2026 midterms.

Texas, Missouri, and Utah already redrew their districts to benefit
Republicans.

Meanwhile, Ohio Republicans are expected to pass a new map before the end of
November.

Kansas Republicans are also gearing up to try to redraw their House district
lines, as are Republicans in Indiana, Florida, and Nebraska.



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