The first remapping of North Carolina election districts could give Democrats two currently Republican Congressional seats, but Democrats say they want more.
The plan proposes new lines for two districts – those of Reps. George Holding (R-Raleigh) and Mark Walker (R-Summerfield) – which would include more historically Democrat-friendly voters.
This is the first attempt at redefining the state’s electoral map since June, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled North Carolina had been redistricted to favor the GOP and limit the voting power of minorities.
Democrats in the legislature turned down the plan, saying it does not go far enough.
Holding said he is not going to worry, and the process is still in the early stages. He said that the congressional seats belong to the people, and no legislator is entitled to a congressional district.
Walker has indicated he will consider running again anyway and charged in a Tweet that the redistricting was the “self-interest” of “liberal attorneys, judicial activists and politicians in Raleigh.”
The state’s districts will be remapped again after data comes in from the 2020 census, so this map applies only to elections before that time. North Carolina is expected to gain an additional seat in Congress after the census.
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