Voting Rights Decision Sparks Redistricting Scramble

May 6, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC

A new BGOV OnPoint covers the response by Republican state lawmakers to eliminate Democratic districts from their voting maps after the Supreme Court restricted use of the Voting Rights Act to create majority-minority districts.

Read the story with a link to the OnPoint here: GOP Rushes for New Maps After Voting Rights Ruling

Several GOP-led states, including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are making last-minute pushes to eliminate majority-minority districts held by Democrats before midterm voting begins.

But the decision’s full effect on the balance of power in Congress won’t become clear until after the midterms, given most states’ lack of time to implement map changes before November.


To contact the reporter on this story: John Woolley in Washington at jwoolley@bloombergindustry.com

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Amanda H. Allen at aallen@bloombergindustry.com; Naoreen Chowdhury at nchowdhury@bgov.com

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