North Carolina legislature passes new congressional map

Politics North Carolina legislature passes new congressional map in latest GOP redistricting push By Hunter Woodall Hunter Woodall Political Editorial Producer Hunter Woodall is a political editorial producer for CBS News. He covered the 2020 New Hampshire primary for The Associated Press and has also worked as a Kansas statehouse reporter for The Kansas City Star and the Washington correspondent for Minnesota's Star Tribune. Read Full Bio Hunter Woodall Updated on: October 22, 2025 / 6:39 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google North Carolina is the latest Republican-led state to reshape a congressional district in hopes of boosting the GOP's chances of keeping the House in next year's midterms. The North Carolina House on Wednesday passed a new congressional map that shifts the state's major battleground Democratic-held House district and makes it more favorable to conservatives, following the state Senate's approval one day earlier. And while the state has a Democratic governor, his veto power is limited and he cannot reject a standalone map.North Carolina Republicans are targeting Democratic Rep. Don Davis, whose victory in 2024 was a rare bright spot for Democrats.Rep. Suzan DelBene, the chair of the House Democrats' campaign arm, said in a statement that the map "was clearly drawn to dilute the voting power of Black voters by dismantling the Black Belt to stop North Carolinians from holding Trump and House Republicans accountable for ignoring the needs of hardworking Americans." In a statement obtained by CBS News, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said state Republican lawmakers "rigged the state's congressional map after being ordered to do so by Donald Trump," adding that it was a "morally corrupt move" that was "part of a long line of desperate schemes to steal the midterms."Jeffries also said in a news conference Wednesday that Democrats plan to "sue immediately," saying they believe the new North Carolina maps "clearly violate the voting r...