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Updated May 14, 2026 — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to call a special session of the state legislature Thursday afternoon to redraw the state's congressional map, according to two state sources...
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that found Louisiana’s congressional sixth district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander has set off a rapid, contentious scramble to redraw the state’s districts — and left many voters...
Updated May 8, 2026 — Alabama Republicans approved legislation Friday to set up new congressional primary elections if courts allow a GOP-drawn map to replace the state’s current map. Gov. Kay Ivey quickly signed the...
Updated May 8, 2026 — The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a voter-approved congressional redistricting referendum, overturning a new map that would have favored Democrats and potentially increased their...
Updated May 7, 2026 / CBS News Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature approved a new congressional map Thursday that effectively breaks up the state's lone Black-majority, Democratic-held district. Gov. Bill Lee...
The Los Angeles mayoral contest intensified after a spirited first debate that gave former reality-TV figure Spencer Pratt a higher profile in the nonpartisan race. Pratt, who is a registered Republican, has centered...
In an exclusive interview with CBS News for a story published May 7, 2026, reality TV alum and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt compared his limited political experience to where Barack Obama was when he...
President Trump’s campaign to punish Indiana Republicans who opposed his preferred congressional map largely succeeded in Tuesday’s primary elections. Five state senators who voted against last year’s redistricting plan...
On May 5, 2026, CBS News projected that Derek Merrin won the Republican primary in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, setting up a rematch with Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in one of the nation’s most competitive House...
NBC News analyst Steve Kornacki breaks down the major takeaways from primary night in Ohio and Indiana, using county-by-county maps and vote-pattern analysis to show which contests mattered, where turnout shifted, and...
Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Louisiana congressional map creating two Democratic-leaning, majority-Black districts, Republican officials in several Southern states moved this week to...
Six months before the midterm elections, states across the South rushed to redraw congressional maps after a Supreme Court decision that judges said narrows how the Voting Rights Act can be used to justify...
