The N.C. House has passed a bipartisan redistricting map to reapportion North Carolina’s 120 state House seats. The measure passed with strong support from both sides of the aisle, 115-5, after the approval of six amendments, most of which were offered by House Minority Leader Robert Reives, D-Chatham. The Senate is expected to approve the...
While the new N.C. congressional map is likely to undergo significant changes, Republicans may not have to significantly alter their recently enacted legislative maps that were declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. Carolina Journal recently reported exclusive details on a new congressional map expected to be released today. The map will likely result in...
Democrats are likely to fare well in the court-ordered redraw of North Carolina’s congressional maps. Multiple sources tell Carolina Journal that new bipartisan congressional maps would result in seven solid GOP seats, five solid Democrat seats, and two swing districts. The General Assembly must approve new congressional and legislative maps by Friday to meet a...
Late last week, respected GOP attorney and former federal prosecutor Josh Howard filed a series of motions asking a federal court to block a planned investigation by the N.C. State Board of Elections concerning U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn, NC-11, and his role in the January 6th, 2021, civil unrest inside the U.S. Capitol. Cawthorn is...
Since the Friday night massacre, in which a partisan Democrat state Supreme Court threw out GOP-enacted congressional and legislative districts, legislators and political observers have been trying to figure out what happens next and what it means for the General Assembly as they return to Raleigh next week to revise maps. First, we address what...
Republican legislative leaders will redraw legislative and congressional maps while still examining other options, after Democrats on the state Supreme Court found for the first time that partisan consideration in map-drawing can violate the state constitution. “We will redraw the maps,” Republican House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said Monday. “What we’re doing right now is really...
Just days before the North Carolina Supreme Court began a hearing a blockbuster redistricting case, posted fundraising numbers for 2021 revealed clues to how the battle to control the court will shape up in 2022. The Democrats’ 4-3 Supreme Court majority is on the line as two Supreme Court seats will be on the ballot...
All four of the Democrats that comprise a majority on the court asked multiple questions and are clearly planning on striking the maps down. In our opinion, it is just a question of how the court strikes the legislative and congressional maps, what lasting precedent it sets, and what guidance it gives the General Assembly....
The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on the blockbuster redistricting case. The court has set aside extra time for both sides to make their arguments. The 4-3 Democrat-controlled court will have to answer a few key questions: Will the Supreme Court reverse a three-judge panel’s holding that questions of partisanship in redistricting...
In advance of this week’s arguments before the state Supreme Court, attorneys for Republicans at the N.C. General Assembly have filed their brief with the court in support of upholding recently enacted legislative and congressional districting maps as constitutional. Democrat-aligned groups are suing over the maps. They ask the court to find for the first...
With hundreds of supporters gathered near him, former Greensboro-area Congressman Mark Walker announced Thursday he would continue to focus on the U.S. Senate race instead of switching to run for a U.S. House seat. “The last 45 days have been a whirlwind,” Walker said. “When we stepped away from Congress, it was in our hearts...
