North Carolina GOP advances congressional map to secure another House seat for Trump [View all]
Source: AP
Updated 9:48 PM EDT, October 20, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolinas legislature formally began redrawing the states congressional district map Monday, plainly stating their intent to help Republicans gain another U.S. House seat under President Donald Trumps push to retain his partys grip on Congress next year.
The state Senate gave initial approval along party lines to new boundaries for two eastern North Carolina districts in a move aimed at thwarting the reelection of Democratic Rep. Don Davis, one of the states three Black members of Congress. That followed a committee meeting in which dozens of speakers from the public sharply accused Republican lawmakers in the ninth-largest state of bowing to Trump.
The plans chief author was direct about the intent to help his party in the 2026 midterm elections.
The motivation behind this redraw is simple and singular -- draw a new map that will bring an additional Republican seat to the North Carolina congressional delegation, said GOP Sen. Ralph Hise. If Democrats otherwise take back the House, Hise added, they will torpedo President Trumps agenda.
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If Democrats otherwise take back the House, Hise added, they will torpedo President Trumps agenda.
Not just "torpedo". The whole thing needs to be vaporized out of existence.