Democrats Poised to Gain in House After Supreme Court Order (1)

Democrats are on track to gain a US House seat in the 2024 election now that the US Supreme Court has rejected Alabama’s latest bid to reinstate a Republican-drawn map.

Every option now under consideration for different Alabama district lines would put two incumbent Republicans in the same seat and give Democrats the upper hand in a newly drawn district.

“This is a victory for all Americans, particularly voters of color, who have fought tirelessly for equal representation as citizens of this nation,” Eric Holder, a former US attorney general who’s chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in ...