2022 Redistricting Update

While all states have officially submitted proposals for new congressional districts, many are still in dispute due to court cases.

The once-a-decade redistricting process has entered its sunset phase. Every state has submitted proposals for new congressional districts and most have validated new maps. However, the redistricting process is far from over. A total of fourteen states have outstanding court challenges that could affect new district boundaries in the years to come. While all face allegations of either partisan or racial gerrymandering, the Supreme Court has signalled a clear unwillingness to change these maps in advance of this year’s midterms.

I’ll continue finishing out my redistricting coverage, hitting the final states that I still haven’t touched on. Once every state has been covered, I will zoom out and look at how redistricting has changed the political dynamics of the US House. (Early reports are already seeing mixed results: districts may have gotten fairer on a partisan basis but largely failed to address problems with racial inequities.) A full list of my gerrymandering coverage is contained below!

Active Gerrymandering Cases* (as of 6/6)

• Alabama

• Arkansas

• Georgia

• Florida

• Kentucky

• Louisiana

• Michigan (post coming soon)

• Nevada

• New Mexico

• Ohio

• Pennsylvania (post coming soon)

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Utah

Settled Gerrymandering Cases

• Kansas

• Maryland (updated post w/ new districts coming soon)

• New York

• North Carolina

*Several gerrymandering cases have received decisions that allow states to hold elections under their new districts while state/federal courts hear the case. This means that some states have temporary congressional district boundaries locked in for 2022 that could later be thrown out by courts.