New NC House Map Eliminates Three Democrats

Democracy Docket reports:

On Wednesday, Oct. 25, North Carolina Republicans passed new, highly gerrymandered congressional and legislative maps as well as a county board of commissioners map. The drafts were unveiled just last week.

The new congressional map has 10 Republican districts, three Democratic districts and only one competitive district. Democratic Reps. Kathy Manning, Jeff Jackson and Wiley Nickel are all eliminated and Don Davis is drawn into a hard-to-win district with a substantially diluted Black voting population.

Any litigation challenging the maps enacted today will need to begin quickly as the state’s primary is March 5. As always, with new maps and districts come new candidates, but those seeking higher office will not have much time to decide if their would-be campaigns are viable. Candidate filing for 2024 begins on Dec. 4 and closes on Dec. 15.

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North Carolina Republicans passed new, highly gerrymandered congressional and legislative maps as well as a county board of commissioners map.https://t.co/cbquaKtkSR

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 26, 2023