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Redistricting
State legislative and congressional redistricting after the 2020 census
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Redistricting is the process of enacting new district boundaries for elected offices, particularly for offices in theU.S. House of Representatives andstate legislatures.

States redraw district lines every 10 years following the completion of the U.S. census. The federal government requires the districts resulting from this process to have nearly equal populations and not cause racial or ethnic voting discrimination.[1]

While every state redrew its district lines before the 2022 election cycle, some states were required to revisit those maps. This page provides details about the states where the redistricting process is ongoing due to court orders or other legal requirements.Click here to read about states that revisited the redistricting process before the 2024 elections.Click here to read about states revisiting the redistricting process before the 2026 elections.

After initial redistricting following the 2010 census,four states adopted new congressional maps, andtwelve states adopted new legislative maps.[2]

See the sections below for more information about redistricting before the 2026 elections:

Status of congressional redistricting

As of February 2026, congressional maps in the following states had been struck down due to ongoing litigation or were required to be redrawn before the 2026 elections.

Georgia

On December 8, 2023, GovernorBrian Kemp (R) signed revised congressional maps into law. Legislators in theGeorgia House of Representatives voted 98-71 to adopt the new congressional map on December 7. TheGeorgia State Senate voted 32-22 to adopt the congressional map on December 5.[3][4]

On October 26, 2023, theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that the state's congressional and legislative district boundaries violated theVoting Rights Act and enjoined the state from using them for future elections.[5] The court directed theGeorgia General Assembly to develop new maps by December 8, 2023.[5]

On December 28, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District upheld the maps enacted on December 8, which were later used in the 2024 elections, and found them in compliance with the Voting Rights Act.[6]

“The Court finds that the General Assembly fully complied with this Court’s order requiring the creation of a majority-Black congressional district in the region of the State where vote dilution was found. The Court further finds that the elimination of 2021 CD 7 did not violate the October 26, 2023 Order. Finally, the Court declines to adjudicate Plaintiffs’ new Section 2 claim based on a coalition of minority voters. Hence, the Court OVERRULES Plaintiffs’ objections ... and HEREBY APPROVES SB 3EX.[7][8]”

Thedistrict court's approval of remedial state legislative maps was appealed to theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument was held on January 23, 2025.[9]

Louisiana

On June 27, 2025, theU.S. Supreme Court scheduledLouisiana v. Callais for reargument in its next term.[10] In August 2025, the Court scheduled arguments for October 15, 2025.[11] The Court had not ruled in the case by the end of 2025, meaning the state would not have time to draw a new map before the 2026 midterm elections, leaving the existing map in place.[12]

The Court first heard oral arguments in the case on March 24, 2025.[13] On November 4, 2024, theU.S. Supreme Court agreed to hearLouisiana v. Callais (formerlyCallais v. Landry) consolidated withRobinson v. Callais — two appeals from theU.S. District Court for Western Louisiana decision that struck down the state's new congressional map. The Court noted probable jurisdiction and allotted one hour for oral argument.[14][15]

On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an April 30 ruling by the U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana striking down the state's congressional map. As a result, the map was used for Louisiana’s 2024 congressional elections.[16] According toScotusBlog,

“In a brief unsigned order the justices blocked a ruling by a federal court that had barred the state from using the new map on the ground that legislators had relied too heavily on race when they drew it earlier this year. The order cited an election doctrine known as the Purcell principle – the idea that courts should not change election rules during the period just before an election because of the confusion that it will cause for voters and the problems that doing so could cause for election officials. The lower court’s order will remain on hold, the court indicated, while an appeal to the Supreme Court moves forward.[16][8]”


Gov.Jeff Landry signed the congressional map into law on January 22 after a special legislative session. Thestate House of Representatives voted 86-16 and thestate Senate voted 27-11 to adopt this congressional map on January 19.[17][18]

According toNPR, "Under the new map, Louisiana's 2nd District, which encompasses much of New Orleans and surrounding areas, will have a Black population of about 53%. Democratic U.S. Rep. Troy Carter represents that district, which has been Louisiana's only majority-Black district for several years. Louisiana's 6th District now stretches from parts of Shreveport to Baton Rouge and will have a Black population of about 56%."[19]

New York

On February 28, 2024, Gov.Kathy Hochul (D) signed a new congressional map into law. Thestate Assembly voted 115-35 to approve the map on February 27. Thestate Senate voted 45-18 to approve the map the same day.[20][21][22]

According to Nicholas Fandos ofThe New York Times, "Although a pair of swing districts would become more Democratic, lawmakers in Albany left the partisan makeup of 24 of the state’s 26 districts largely intact. The middle-ground approach reflected a desire to avoid another protracted court fight like the one in New York that helped swing control of the House to Republicans in 2022, while still better positioning Democrats in key districts."[21]

On January 21, 2026, state judge Jeffrey Pearlman ruled thatNew York's 11th Congressional District unconstitutionally diluted Black and Latino voting power and ordered the state's redistricting commission to redraw the congressional map by February 6, 2026.[23]


Status of state legislative redistricting

As of February 2026, legislative maps in the following states had been struck down due to ongoing litigation or were required to be redrawn before the 2026 elections.

Georgia

Thedistrict court's approval of remedial state legislative maps was appealed to theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument was held on January 23, 2025.[24]

Governor Kemp (R) signed revised legislative maps into law on December 8, 2023. Legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives voted 98-71 to adopt the new state legislative maps on December 5. The Georgia State Senate voted 32-23 to adopt the state legislative maps on December 1. For more information about the enacted legislative maps,click here.[3][4]

On October 26, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled that the state's congressional and legislative district boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act and enjoined the state from using them for future elections.[5] The court directed theGeorgia General Assembly to develop new maps by December 8, 2023.[5]

Louisiana

On February 19, 2024, the state appealed aU.S. District Court for Middle Louisiana decision that struck down the state's legislative maps.[25]

The lower court's February 8, 2024, ruling found the state's legislative maps to be in violation of the Voting Rights Act.[26][27] According to the ruling, the court found the following:

“[T]he Enacted State House and Senate Maps crack or pack large and geographically compact minority populations such as Black voters in the challenged districts 'have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice,' and the Illustrative Plan offered by the Plaintiffs show that additional opportunity districts can be 'reasonable configured.'[27][8]”



Timeline of initial map enactments, 2021-2022

The table and charts below shows enactment dates for the initial congressional and legislative maps enacted in U.S. states after the 2020 census. These maps were in place for the 2022 election cycle.

Enactment dates for original district maps, 2020 cycle
StateCongressionalState legislative
AlabamaJuly 31, 2023[28]November 4, 2021
AlaskaN/AHouse: November 10, 2021
Senate: May 24, 2022[29]
ArizonaJanuary 24, 2022January 24, 2022
ArkansasJanuary 14, 2022December 29, 2021
CaliforniaDecember 27, 2021December 27, 2021
ColoradoNovember 1, 2021November 15, 2021
ConnecticutFebruary 10, 2022House: November 18, 2021
Senate: November 23, 2021
DelawareN/ANovember 2, 2021
FloridaApril 22, 2022[30]March 3, 2022
GeorgiaDecember 30, 2021December 30, 2021
HawaiiJanuary 28, 2022January 28, 2022
IdahoNovember 12, 2021November 12, 2021
IllinoisNovember 24, 2021September 24, 2021
IndianaOctober 4, 2021October 4, 2021
IowaNovember 4, 2021November 4, 2021
KansasFebruary 9, 2022[31]May 18, 2022[32]
KentuckyJanuary 20, 2022House: January 20, 2022
Senate: January 21, 2022
LouisianaMarch 30, 2022[33]March 14, 2022
MaineSeptember 29, 2021September 29, 2021
MarylandApril 4, 2022[34]January 27, 2022
MassachusettsNovember 22, 2021November 4, 2021
MichiganMarch 26, 2022[35]March 26, 2022[36]
MinnesotaFebruary 15, 2022February 15, 2022
MississippiJanuary 24, 2022March 31, 2022
MissouriMay 18, 2022House: January 19, 2022
Senate: March 15, 2022
MontanaNovember 12, 2021February 22, 2023
NebraskaSeptember 30, 2021September 30, 2021
NevadaNovember 16, 2021November 16, 2021
New HampshireMay 31, 2022House: March 23, 2022
Senate: May 6, 2022
New JerseyDecember 22, 2021February 18, 2022
New MexicoDecember 17, 2021House: December 29, 2021
Senate: January 6, 2022
New YorkMay 20, 2022[37]House: April 21, 2022[38]
Senate: May 20, 2022[39]
North Carolina---[40]---[41]
North DakotaN/ANovember 11, 2021
OhioMarch 2, 2022[42]May 28, 2022[43]
OklahomaNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021
OregonSeptember 27, 2021September 27, 2021
PennsylvaniaFebruary 23, 2022February 4, 2022
Rhode IslandFebruary 16, 2022February 16, 2022
South CarolinaJanuary 27, 2022December 10, 2021
South DakotaN/ANovember 10, 2021
TennesseeFebruary 6, 2022February 6, 2022[44]
TexasOctober 25, 2021October 25, 2021
UtahNovember 12, 2021November 16, 2021
VermontN/AApril 6, 2022
VirginiaDecember 28, 2021December 28, 2021
WashingtonFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022
West VirginiaOctober 22, 2021October 22, 2021
WisconsinMarch 3, 2022April 15, 2022[45]
WyomingN/AMarch 25, 2022



Comparison of enactment dates for initial maps after the 2010 and 2020 censuses

The charts below compare the enactment dates for initial congressional and legislative maps after the 2010 and 2020 censuses. These maps were in place for the 2012 and 2022 elections.




See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑All About Redistricting, "Why does it matter?" accessed February 15, 2024
  2. ↑All About Redistricting, "Maps across the 2010 cycle," archived April 11, 2023
  3. ↑3.03.1Georgia General Assembly, "Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office - Proposed Plans," accessed December 11, 2023
  4. ↑4.04.1Twitter, "RedistrictNet," December 7, 2023
  5. ↑5.05.15.25.3Reuters, "US judge orders new congressional map in Georgia, citing harm to Black voters," October 27, 2023Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; name "Reuters" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Federal judge upholds Georgia’s Republican redistricting plan," December 8, 2023
  7. ↑United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, "Case 1:21-cv-05339-SCJ, Document 334" December 28, 2023
  8. ↑8.08.18.2Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  9. ↑Democracy Docket, "11th Circuit Considers Fate of Georgia Maps in High-Stakes Redistricting Case," January 21, 2025
  10. ↑Louisiana Illuminator, "U.S. Supreme Court punts Louisiana redistricting case to next term," June 27, 2025
  11. ↑Louisiana Illuminator, "U.S. Supreme Court sets date for Louisiana redistricting case rehearing," August 13, 2025
  12. ↑Louisiana Illuminator, "Louisiana will use challenged congressional map after Supreme Court declines to expedite ruling," January 2, 2026
  13. ↑NBC News, "Supreme Court wrestles with Louisiana racial gerrymandering claim," March 24, 2025
  14. ↑SCOTUSblog, "Supreme Court will hear case on second majority-Black district in Louisiana redistricting," November 4, 2024
  15. ↑The American Redistricting Project, "Louisiana v. Callais," November 4, 2024
  16. ↑16.016.1SCOTUSblog, "Court allows Louisiana to move forward with two majority-Black districts," May 15, 2024
  17. ↑Roll Call, "Louisiana Legislature passes new congressional map," January 19, 2024
  18. ↑Ballotpedia's Legislation Tracker, "Louisiana SB8," accessed January 25, 2024
  19. ↑NPR, "After a court fight, Louisiana's new congressional map boosts Black political power," January 23, 2024
  20. ↑Associated Press, "New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House," February 28, 2024
  21. ↑21.021.1The New York Times, "Democrats Propose N.Y. Congressional Map With Slight Tilt in Their Favor," February 27, 2024
  22. ↑Politico, "New congressional maps approved in New York," February 28, 2024
  23. ↑NBC News, "New York judge rules GOP-held district is unconstitutional, ordering a new map," January 21, 2026
  24. ↑Democracy Docket, "11th Circuit Considers Fate of Georgia Maps in High-Stakes Redistricting Case," January 21, 2025
  25. ↑American Redistricting Project, "Nairne v. Landry," accessed November 20, 2024
  26. ↑NOLA.com. "Louisiana must redraw its legislative districts, federal judge rules. Here's why." February 8, 2024
  27. ↑27.027.1Twitter. "RedistrictNet," February 8, 2024
  28. ↑Alabama enacted revised congressional district boundaries after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8, 2023, that the state's congressional redistricting plan adopted on November 4, 2021, violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-black district.
  29. ↑Initial map enactment took place on November 10, 2021. Overturned twice by court action.
  30. ↑Initial map enactment took place on April 22, 2022. Overturned by court action on May 11, 2022. An appeals court reinstated the map on May 20, 2022.
  31. ↑A district court judge in Kansas overturned the state's congressional map on April 25, 2022. The state supreme court overturned that ruling on May 18, 2022.
  32. ↑Date map approved by state supreme court.
  33. ↑Louisiana enacted congressional district boundaries on March 30, 2022. A federal district court overturned that map on June 6, 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed that ruling on June 28, 2022.
  34. ↑Initial congressional map enactment took place on December 9, 2021. That map was overturned by court action on March 25, 2022.
  35. ↑Redistricting boundaries became law on this date. The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission approved the state’s congressional map on Dec. 28, 2021.
  36. ↑Redistricting boundaries became law on this date. The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission approved legislative maps on Dec. 28, 2021.
  37. ↑Initial congressional map enactment took place on February 3, 2022. The original map was overturned by court action on March 31.
  38. ↑New York enacted new State Assembly district boundaries on April 24, 2023, in response to a June 2022 court order. The original districts were used for the 2022 elections and the new districts will be used for state Assembly elections starting in 2024.
  39. ↑Initial legislative map enactment took place on February 3, 2022. The original maps were overturned by court action on March 31. An appeals court reinstated the legislative maps on April 21. The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled to overturn the state senate map on April 27.
  40. ↑Initial congressional map enactment took place on November 4, 2021. The original map was overturned by court action on February 4, 2022. On April 28, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned their February 2022 decision voiding the state's enacted congressional maps and vacated the boundaries the legislature enacted in 2021 and the remedial maps used for the 2022 elections.
  41. ↑Initial legislative map enactment took place on November 4, 2021. The original map was overturned by court action on February 4, 2022. On April 28, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned their February 2022 decision voiding the state's enacted legislative maps and vacated the boundaries the legislature enacted in 2021 and the remedial maps used for the 2022 elections.
  42. ↑Initial congressional map enactment took place on November 20, 2021. The initial map was overturned by court action on January 14, 2022. On March 18, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction within the original legal challenge to further rule on the redrawn map.
  43. ↑Initial legislative map enactment took place on September 16, 2021. The initial maps were overturned by court action on January 12, 2022. A federal court enacted legislative maps for the 2022 elections on May 28.
  44. ↑Initial legislative map enactment took place on February 6, 2022. The state's Senate map was overturned by court action on April 6, 2022, and the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed this decision on April 13, 2022.
  45. ↑Initial legislative map enactment took place on March 3, 2022. The initial maps were overturned by court action on March 23, 2022. The Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted state legislative district maps on April 15, 2022.
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