{"id":19270,"date":"2025-10-23T00:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=19270"},"modified":"2025-10-23T00:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T00:19:42","slug":"nc-passes-trump-backed-redistricting-map-in-latest-red-state-effort-that-could-cement-gop-edge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=19270","title":{"rendered":"NC Passes Trump-Backed Redistricting Map In Latest Red State Effort That Could Cement GOP Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-8 bracket-blue relative\">\n<div class=\"featured-image articleFI relative\" data-fullscreen-image=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow w-full\" title=\"US-POLITICS-CPAC-TRUMP\" src=\"https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=1280,height=549,fit=cover,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1233931487-scaled-e1761157701230.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1000px) 65vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=320,height=137,fit=cover,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1233931487-scaled-e1761157701230.jpg 320w,https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=640,height=274,fit=cover,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1233931487-scaled-e1761157701230.jpg 640w,https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1233931487-scaled-e1761157701230.jpg 960w, https:\/\/images.dailycaller.com\/image\/width=1280,height=549,fit=cover,format=webp,f=auto\/https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1233931487-scaled-e1761157701230.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"US-POLITICS-CPAC-TRUMP\" width=\"1280\" height=\"549\" \/><button class=\"focus:outline-none absolute top-0 right-0 leading-none mt-4 mr-4\" title=\"Toggle fullscreen\" data-fullscreen-image-trigger=\"\"><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"text-xs text-grey leading-tight text-right mt-1\">(Photo by ANDY JACOBSOHN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<h1 class=\"mb-6 xl:mb-10 leading-tight font-oswald font-medium text-3xl md:text-5xl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-4 text-sm news-foundation-id\" src=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/files\/images\/DCNF-large.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Caller News Foundation logo\" width=\"256\" height=\"25\" \/><\/h1>\n<ul class=\"social-container list-none flex mb-4 lg:mb-8 pt-8\">\n<li class=\"shadow hover:shadow-lg leading-zero mr-2 rounded-full\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"shadow hover:shadow-lg leading-zero mr-2 rounded-full\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"shadow hover:shadow-lg bg-red leading-none mr-2 rounded-full relative\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"shadow hover:shadow-lg leading-zero mr-2 last:mr-0 rounded-full\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"author-section flex justify-between mb-6 xl:mb-12 font-oswald tracking-2xl-wide font-medium leading-xl-loose text-xs xl:text-lg\">\n<div class=\"uppercase\">Melissa O&#8217;Rourke<span class=\"inline-block font-light xl:text-sm\">Reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"text-right text-grey xl:text-base bracket-red relative flex-shrink-0\"><span class=\"block\">October 22, 2025<\/span><span class=\"block xl:text-sm\">2:50 PM ET<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"font-section flex items-center justify-end pt-2 mb-2 xl:mb-12\"><span class=\"uppercase text-sm text-black font-oswald font-light mr-1 leading-none tracking-wide font-medium\">Font Size:<\/span><button data-font-increase=\"\" aria-label=\"Increase font size\"><\/button><button disabled=\"disabled\" data-font-decrease=\"\" aria-label=\"Decrease font size\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"articleContent\" class=\"article-content mb-2 pb-2 tracking-tight\" data-article=\"\">\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Republican legislators in North Carolina approved a new congressional map on Wednesday that could give the GOP an additional House seat in the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The new boundaries\u00a0cleared\u00a0the state Senate in a party-line vote Tuesday before winning House approval Wednesday. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein cannot veto redistricting legislation under state law, meaning the GOP-drawn map is likely to take effect unless blocked by a court.<\/p>\n<p>The revised districts are expected to expand Republicans\u2019 advantage from 10 to 11 of North Carolina\u2019s 14 congressional seats by dismantling the district currently held by Democratic Rep. Don Davis, who narrowly won reelection in 2024 by less than\u00a0two percentage points.\u00a0<strong>(RELATED: California Dems Call Redistricting \u2018Transparent\u2019\u2014But Refuse To Say Who Drew The Map)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Davis did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment but said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0Tuesday that many constituents believe the new map \u201cfundamentally goes against our core values.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1761178733847373216=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gavin Newsom and the radical left are trying to rig the system.<\/p>\n<p>With the passage of of our new Congressional map, North Carolina took a stand to make sure Congress stays in the hands of the people, not California liberals.\u00a0#ncpol\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/90Z4kdXp5x<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Brenden Jones (@BrendenJonesNC)\u00a0October 22, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Republican state House Speaker Destin Hall\u00a0announced\u00a0the decision to redraw the maps earlier this month, citing the need to defend what he called President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cmandate from the voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"outbrainPlaceholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"readmore\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest of the country, and we intend to defend it by drawing an additional Republican Congressional seat,\u201d Hall wrote. \u201cOur state won\u2019t stand by while Democrats like Gavin Newsom redraw districts to aid in their effort to obtain a majority in the U.S. House. We will not allow them to undermine the will of the voters and President Trump\u2019s agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump celebrated the map\u2019s introduction on Friday, calling it \u201cfair and improved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new map would give the fantastic people of North Carolina the opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 Midterm Elections, which would be a HUGE Victory for our America First Agenda,\u201d Trump\u00a0posted\u00a0on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina joins several GOP-led states redrawing congressional districts ahead of 2026. In\u00a0Texas, Republican lawmakers approved new redistricting maps in August after a heated standoff that saw dozens of Democratic lawmakers flee the state to block a quorum. The plan, which passed 88\u201352 along party lines, is expected to add five new Republican-leaning seats.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri\u00a0followed in September with a map projected to create one additional GOP seat, while\u00a0Indiana\u00a0lawmakers are also weighing changes that could strengthen Republican advantages there.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats in\u00a0California\u00a0have poured tens of\u00a0millions\u00a0of dollars into their own redistricting campaign. Voters there will decide in November whether to transfer redistricting authority from the state\u2019s independent commission to the Legislature. If approved, the plan could give Democrats as many as five additional seats, reducing the state\u2019s already small Republican delegation to just four out of 52.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featured-image articleFI relative\" data-fullscreen-image=\"\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by ANDY JACOBSOHN\/AFP via Getty Images) Melissa O&#8217;RourkeReporter October 22, 20252:50 PM ET Font Size: Republican legislators in North Carolina approved a new congressional map on Wednesday that could &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19271,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270\/revisions\/19271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}