Author: Nathan Maxwell
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Missouri becomes the second state to voluntarily redraw its congressional map
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed new congressional district boundaries into law on Sept. 28, 2025, making Missouri the second state to voluntarily adopt a new map before the 2026 elections. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a new map into law on Aug. 29, 2025. Together, the two redraws could create six new Republican-leaning…
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Estimates show one-third of U.S. House districts were majority-minority districts in 2024
Using data provided in the United States Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey estimates published in September 2025, and based on districts enacted after the 2020 census, there were 148 U.S. House majority-minority districts. This represented approximately 34% of the nation’s 435 U.S. House districts. A majority-minority district is a district in which a racial…
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Seven candidates are running in the general election for Albuquerque mayor
Seven candidates are running in the general election for mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on November 4, 2025. If no candidate receives a majority, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff on December 9, 2025. The mayor serves a four-year term, and there are no term limits. Incumbent Tim Keller and challengers Mayling…
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Missouri joins group of states where congressional district boundaries could change before the 2026 elections
Missouri joins a group of five states that may have new congressional maps before the 2026 elections. A new Missouri congressional map awaits Gov. Mike Kehoe’s (R) signature after it received final legislative approval on Sept. 12. Texas approved redrawn congressional districts in August. California voters will decide in a Nov. 4, 2025, special election…
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New Missouri congressional map awaits governor’s signature, referendum effort underway
Missouri is expected to become the second state to officially redraw its congressional district boundaries ahead of the 2026 elections. A bill that aims to net one additional Republican U.S. House seat awaits Gov. Mike Kehoe’s signature after the legislature gave it final approval on Sept. 12. The new map would draw the state’s 5th…
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All 18 uncontested state legislative incumbents in 2025 are Democrats
All 18 state legislative incumbents who do not have general election challengers this November are Democrats. There are 168 incumbents running for re-election. That means 10.7% of the state legislative incumbents running this year in New Jersey and Virginia are guaranteed re-election. Ballotpedia uses the number and percentage of incumbents in uncontested general elections to…
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Democrats are running for every state legislative seat this year, Republicans running for 88%
Democrats are running for every state legislative seat up for election in 2025, and Republicans are running for 88% of them. That means 12% of seats this year are guaranteed to Democrats due to a lack of Republican competition in those races, and none are guaranteed to Republicans due to a lack of Democratic competition.…
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Texas enacted a new congressional map for the 2026 U.S. House elections
Texas enacted new congressional district boundaries on Aug. 29, 2025, the first state among many that are considering map redraws ahead of the 2026 U.S. House elections. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law in a video posted to X, saying, “I’m about to sign the law that creates the One Big…
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Eleven candidates are running in the Republican special primary for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District
The Republican special primary election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District will be held on October 7, 2025. The general election will be held on December 2, 2025. The special election will fill the vacancy Mark Green (R) left when he resigned on July 20, 2025, to take a job in the private sector. WPLN News‘…
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Utah ordered to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 elections
Utah joined a growing number of states where congressional district boundaries may change before the 2026 elections. A federal district court judge struck down Utah’s congressional map on Aug. 25, 2025, ruling that the Utah State Legislature violated voters’ right to reform their government when it overrode voters’ chosen redistricting rules. The judge gave the…