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Legislative and Congressional Redistricting. A guide to who controls the redistricting process in all 50 states. Every ten years, states redraw the boundaries of their congressional and state legislative districts after the census. Who does the line drawing varies state by state.
Compared with Republicans, Democrats started the redistricting cycle in a much weaker position, initially holding legislative trifectas in only six states: Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Rhode Island.
This section includes background information on federal requirements for congressional redistricting, state legislative redistricting, state-based requirements, redistricting methods used in the 50 states, gerrymandering, and recent court decisions.
In most states, the state legislature has primary control of the redistricting process, both for state legislative districts and for congressional districts. 34 state legislatures have primary control of their own district lines, and 39 legislatures have primary control over the congressional lines in their state (including the six states that ...
Multiple states across the country are engaged in fights over redistricting -- and the outcomes could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans have control of the House in 2024. The redrawing of congressional boundary lines happens every 10 years, following the completion of the census.
Redistricting is the process of enacting new district boundaries for elected offices, particularly for offices in the U.S. House of Representatives and state legislatures. All United States Representatives and state legislators are elected from political divisions called districts.
The tables below look at political control of the process in the 2021–22 cycle of redistricting. Compared to the 2010 round of legislative redistricting, the GOP controls one more state, Democrats still control 9 states, and 17 states have no one-party control.
Republicans have complete control over the redistricting process in 20 states, Democrats in 10 states. That gives Republicans unimpeded power to draw 187 House districts, and Democrats 75.
In the end, however, the Democratic state lawmakers, who hold ultimate control of the redistricting process, settled on a map that made only modest adjustments to the status quo lines.
Control. Governor. All About Redistricting: all the information about the law and process of redistricting Congress and state legislatures, tracking the history and progress of the maps, reform proposals, and redistricting-related litigation around the country.