{"id":13039,"date":"2026-06-07T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13039"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:01:30","slug":"first-came-congress-now-a-national-redistricting-battle-may-turn-to-statehouses-and-city-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13039","title":{"rendered":"First came Congress. Now a national redistricting battle may turn to statehouses and city councils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p><strong>By DAVID A. LIEB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a blitz of congressional redistricting ahead of the midterm elections, a national battle for partisan control is about to enter a new phase that could affect representation on everything from tax rates to social safety net programs, teacher salaries, housing regulations and local road repairs.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13032\">DaMarcus Beasley looks back at his record-setting USMNT World Cup journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s Republican-led Legislature will convene June 17 for a special session focused on redistricting for the 2028 elections. The agenda includes new voting districts not only for Congress, but also for the state House and Senate \u2014 and potentially even the state\u2019s utility regulatory commission.<\/p>\n<p>It will mark the first time since a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened minority voting protections that a state legislature will attempt to redraw its own districts. Mississippi Republicans and New York Democrats also could undertake legislative redistricting before their 2027 and 2028 elections, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen, though, how many legislatures will follow, and whether the outburst of mid-decade redistricting will extend down to county commissions, city councils and school boards that make myriad decisions affecting people\u2019s lives. The impact could be widespread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stakes here are not political, they are deeply human,\u201d said Joe Kennedy III, founder of Groundwork Project, a nonprofit that supports local civil rights and democracy organizations.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a campaign stop for Republican...\" class=\"wp-image-13034\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/816f9fa0aab610e2af65af948f0fa53a-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/816f9fa0aab610e2af65af948f0fa53a-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/816f9fa0aab610e2af65af948f0fa53a-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/816f9fa0aab610e2af65af948f0fa53a-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/816f9fa0aab610e2af65af948f0fa53a-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/816f9fa0aab610e2af65af948f0fa53a.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a campaign stop for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley at Farmview Market in Madison, Ga., on May 8, 2026. (Arvin Temkar\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People wait in a line at a precinct before voting...\" class=\"wp-image-13035\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dea2006a1acde05af97e4dd0f7b77a35-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dea2006a1acde05af97e4dd0f7b77a35-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dea2006a1acde05af97e4dd0f7b77a35-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dea2006a1acde05af97e4dd0f7b77a35-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dea2006a1acde05af97e4dd0f7b77a35-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dea2006a1acde05af97e4dd0f7b77a35.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>People wait in a line at a precinct before voting on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A protestor holds a sign of the late Georgia Congressman...\" class=\"wp-image-13036\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e3dbd20cb4b950a1142e7aaffd262a22-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e3dbd20cb4b950a1142e7aaffd262a22-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e3dbd20cb4b950a1142e7aaffd262a22-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e3dbd20cb4b950a1142e7aaffd262a22-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e3dbd20cb4b950a1142e7aaffd262a22-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e3dbd20cb4b950a1142e7aaffd262a22.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>A protestor holds a sign of the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis during a voting rally, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before...\" class=\"wp-image-13037\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7acd30d7d6abc3e725824422f6dec40f-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7acd30d7d6abc3e725824422f6dec40f-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7acd30d7d6abc3e725824422f6dec40f-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7acd30d7d6abc3e725824422f6dec40f-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7acd30d7d6abc3e725824422f6dec40f-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7acd30d7d6abc3e725824422f6dec40f.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman leaves a voting center after voting, Tuesday, May...\" class=\"wp-image-13038\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ec042e5393f71a9989c746ee0834016-1024x576.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ec042e5393f71a9989c746ee0834016-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ec042e5393f71a9989c746ee0834016-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ec042e5393f71a9989c746ee0834016-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ec042e5393f71a9989c746ee0834016-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4ec042e5393f71a9989c746ee0834016.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>A woman leaves a voting center after voting, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a campaign stop for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley at Farmview Market in Madison, Ga., on May 8, 2026. (Arvin Temkar\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>What\u2019s fueling the redistricting movement?<\/h4>\n<p>Voting district boundaries typically are redrawn once a decade after each U.S. census to account for population changes. But last summer, President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw congressional districts to try to win additional seats in the midterm elections. Other states followed with their own partisan gerrymandering.<\/p>\n<p>Then a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in late April jumpstarted even more redistricting. The court struck down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana as an illegal racial gerrymander, providing grounds for Republicans in other states to reshape districts with large minority populations that have elected Democrats.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Why is Georgia redrawing its districts?<\/h4>\n<p>A federal judge ruled in 2023 that some of Georgia\u2019s congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner. The Legislature quickly approved revised maps with new majority-Black districts, though they resulted in little change to Republican majorities in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has called lawmakers into special session  to again redraw districts in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in the Louisiana case. That could allow Republicans to undo the court-ordered changes they made in 2023 and potentially redraw other Democratic-held minority districts to the GOP\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have yet to unveil details of their plans. But Democratic state Rep. Tanya Miller, who is running for attorney general, denounced the upcoming redistricting as a means of \u201crigging maps to maintain power.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>How many seats are at stake?<\/h4>\n<p>Several months before the Supreme Court ruling, a report by Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter forecast that Republicans in 10 Southern states could eliminate 191 Democratic-held legislative seats \u2014 including 140 districts with Black or Hispanic majorities \u2014 if the Supreme Court gutted federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf anything, our report was an understatement,\u201d Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, recently told The Associated Press. \u201cWhat\u2019s at stake is the future of this democracy.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13030\">Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other analysts don\u2019t expect that many seats to be redistricted. But they do expect the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to ripple through states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to potentially see a lot of frenzied efforts at every level, including at the local level, to try out undoing district maps and configurations that have performed quite well in providing improved representation for communities of color,\u201d said Kareem Crayton, vice president of the Washington office of the Brennan Center for Justice.<\/p>\n<h4>What states have pending court cases?<\/h4>\n<p>The precedent from the recent Supreme Court decision already is being applied in several states. In light of the ruling, a federal appeals court is allowing Alabama to use a state Senate map approved by Republican lawmakers in this year\u2019s election instead of one imposed by a federal judge who found the state had diluted the voting power of Black residents. The change affects two state Senate districts in the Montgomery area.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has sent legislative redistricting cases filed on behalf of Black voters in Mississippi and Native Americans in North Dakota back to lower courts for further consideration in light of its Louisiana decision. The Washington attorney general has asked the Supreme Court to do the same for legislative redistricting cases involving Hispanic voters in that state.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s stopping states from redistricting?<\/h4>\n<p>About half the states have provisions in their constitutions prohibiting mid-decade redistricting of state legislative seats, said Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles who runs the \u201cAll About Redistricting\u201d website.<\/p>\n<p>But even in states where it\u2019s allowed, lawmakers may have fewer reasons to redraw their own districts than those for Congress, Levitt said. Politicians who promoted congressional redistricting for the 2026 midterms often justified it as a way to counter gerrymandering in other states and win as many seats as possible for their party. They had extra motivation because a swing of only a few seats nationally in the November elections could affect control of the closely divided U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, most state legislative chambers already are dominated by one party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThere\u2019s a lot less incentive, if you already control the state legislature by 10 or 12 seats, to eke out an incremental one or two at the expense of really ticking off your own party membership, or at the expense of maybe risking losing seats in a broader way,\u201d Levitt said.<\/p>\n<h4>Could local governments also redraw districts?<\/h4>\n<p>The Supreme Court decision making it more difficult to prove Voting Rights Act violations already has affected some local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs have voluntarily dismissed a challenge to commission districts in Meriwether County, Georgia. A federal court has accepted new legal briefs in a challenge to Board of Supervisors districts in DeSoto County, Mississippi. And Indiana\u2019s attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to take note of the Louisiana case when deciding a challenge to how judges are selected in Lake County.<\/p>\n<p>Over roughly the past four decades, data from the University of Michigan shows that cities, counties and school boards have been involved in more than three-fifths of the 466 lawsuits alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which forbids providing minorities less opportunity than other voters to elect the representatives of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean local governments will rush to redistrict as a result of a weakened Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court decision cleared the way for officials to justify redistricting based on partisan ambitions. But many local offices are officially nonpartisan.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=13029\">World Cup\u2019s economic expectations for the L.A. region wobble<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a blitz of congressional redistricting ahead of the midterm elections, a national battle for partisan control is about to enter a new phase that could affect representation on everything from tax rates to social safety net programs, teacher salaries, housing regulations and local road repairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First came Congress. 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