Republicans are ratcheting up their extraordinary efforts to tip the scales of the 2026 midterm elections by redistricting new GOP-leaning US House seats in the middle of the decade.
Such efforts have now proceeded apace in Missouri and North Carolina. Indiana and Kansas are weighing it, too, with pressure from the Trump White House. And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that his state would join the fray if the Supreme Court opens the floodgates to more partisan gerrymandering.
All would join Texas, whose gambit to add five GOP seats set off this redistricting arms race and drew California Democrats to attempt to offset those gains.
It’s a striking power grab — one Democrats will try to match but can’t.
And it’s all the more remarkable given Ame
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