GOP High Courts in Ohio, North Carolina Hold Redistricting Power

Republicans will hold the keys to redistricting 29 congressional seats in Ohio and North Carolina with GOP judges holding majorities for both states’ high courts.

In North Carolina, a two-justice swing for the GOP flipped the previously Democratic-led state’s Supreme Court. That means the Republican-controlled state Legislature may be emboldened to redo the 14 congressional districts to benefit the majority party, said Jane Pinsky, executive director of North Carolina Coalition for Lobbying & Government Reform.

The breakdown of the North Carolina delegation in the 117th Congress is eight Republican and five Democratic districts. The state picked up a seat in ...