Redistricting

Indiana follows Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina in launching a redistricting effort to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterms. 

While protecting Black representation is absolutely a legitimate concern, true power requires strategic sacrifice, and in the long term, real investment in states across the South.

Virginia’s redistricting effort comes as several GOP state legislatures have gerrymandered maps to protect the GOP’s narrow House majority. 

North Carolina is one of several Red states that began redistricting efforts to protect the GOP’s narrow House majority ahead of the 2026 midterms.

North Carolina’s Republican state legislature will begin a redistricting effort to help preserve the Republicans’ narrow House majority.

Texas’ redistricting effort resulted in five new safely Republican districts at the expense of several majority-minority districts. 

Vice President JD Vance and several White House officials visited Indiana on Thursday to pressure state legislators into redistricting. 

On both the state and county levels, Alabama’s redistricting efforts have frequently faced legal pushback for racial gerrymandering. 

Missouri is one of several red states engaging in a rare, mid-decade redistricting effort to protect the GOP’s House majority in the 2026 midterms. 

Missouri’s redistricting effort comes as several Red states gerrymander their electoral maps to protect their narrow majority in the House. 

Portia Allen-Kyle, Interim Executive Director at Color Of Change, writes that when it comes to redistricting, we have to fight fire with fire.

The redistricting push in Indiana and Florida comes after Texas redrew its electoral map to add five seats in districts President Donald Trump won in 2024.