The announcement comes weeks after a poll commissioned by Common Cause North Carolina found 84% of voters in the state oppose gerrymandering, including 78% of Republicans. Instead of working on and passing a budget that invests in schools, hospitals, and food banks, lawmakers are redrawing maps to silence voters and lock in the control of the majority party. Make your public comments here: https://www.ncleg.gov/requestforcomments/48
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans to redraw the state’s district lines for the U.S. House of Representatives. Their goal is to secure an additional Republican seat in the U.S. House.
What to do? Be squeaky. Start with public comments here: https://www.ncleg.gov/requestforcomments/48
Need some background? Here are two letters to the Editor – One by Geoffrey Hoy and one by Karen Puckett.
Call your state representatives in the North Carolina General Assembly today to tell them NO to redistricting. Volunteers are also organizing sustained calling.
**Contact Your NCGA Representatives**
All of Rowan County is included in NC State Senate District 33. Rowan County is divided up between three districts for the NC House of Representatives. Find which NC House of Representatives district you’re in here: https://www.ncleg.gov/findyourlegislators
NC State Senate District 33
– Senator Carl Ford – (919) 733-5665
NC State House of Representatives District 76
– Representative Harry Warren – 919-733-5784
NC State House of Representatives District 77
– Representative Julia Howard – 919-733-5904
NC State House of Representatives District 83
– Representative Grant Campbell – 919-715-2009
**Phone Call Script**
“Hi my name is ___________, and I live in _____________. I’m calling because I am opposed to redrawing our state’s district lines for the U.S. House of Representatives. Please vote NO on redistricting.”
More reporting from NC Newsline.
North Carolina Republicans release proposed congressional map aimed at flipping Democratic seat = 10/16/25 – https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/north-carolina-republicans-release-proposed-congressional-map-aimed-at-flipping-democratic-seat
Democratic leaders in the state and around the country have condemned the move as antidemocratic. House Democratic Leader Robert Reives (D-Chatham) called it “stealing a congressional district” while Gov. Josh Stein said Monday that the state’s Republicans are “failing you, the voters.”
“These shameless politicians are abusing their power to take away yours. I will always fight for you because the voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around,” Stein said in a statement…
…A poll of North Carolina voters conducted in September found that large majorities in both parties oppose gerrymandering in North Carolina, including 87% of Democrats and 78% of Republicans.
NC NEWSLINE – 10/13/25 – Republican lawmakers in North Carolina plan to pass a new congressional map next week to help the GOP maintain its control over Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) announced an agreement between state House and Senate leaders to redraw the state’s congressional districts to yield an additional Republican representative from North Carolina.
“President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest of the country, and we intend to defend it by drawing an additional Republican Congressional seat,” Hall said in a statement Monday.
There’s little to stand in their way. Passing a new congressional map requires only a simple majority vote in both chambers of the General Assembly, and Republicans hold majorities in both. The new districts are not subject to Stein’s veto. Judicial action is also unlikely, as both the U.S. Supreme Court and North Carolina Supreme Court have held that partisan gerrymandering falls outside of their purview.
…House Democratic Leader Robert Reives (D-Chatham) said in a statement that the Republican effort is tantamount to “stealing a congressional district.” He condemned the state GOP for making a rapid push for new maps while failing to fully fund Medicaid.
“Republican lawmakers made clear today that they plan to come back to Raleigh and disenfranchise the voters of this state,” Reives said. “Instead of lowering costs for families or ensuring Medicaid can stay afloat, they are hellbent on consolidating as much power as they can.”
“The General Assembly works for North Carolina, not Donald Trump,” said Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, adding that Republican leaders have “failed to pass a budget, failed to pay our teachers and law enforcement what they deserve, and failed to fully fund Medicaid. Now they are failing you, the voters. These shameless politicians are abusing their power to take away yours.”
North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton denounced Berger and Hall directly and said the redistricting effort was “corruption” aimed at shielding Trump from voter backlash.
“North Carolina Republicans Phil Berger and Destin Hall are weak, subservient cowards, willing to steamroll the people of our state so they can give Donald Trump what he wants — power without accountability,” she said. “Let me be clear: maps should not give you power; voters should.”
Read the complete article from NC Newsline here: https://ncnewsline.com/2025/10/13/north-carolina-republicans-plan-to-redraw-states-congressional-districts/