North Carolina has become the first swing state to draw new congressional districts amid a nationwide redistricting battle initiated by President Trump.

North Carolina becomes the third state where Republicans have heeded Trump's call and approved new district lines ahead of next year's midterms.

By DAVID A. LIEB President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of next year’s election has triggered an unusual outbreak of mid-decade

Senate Bill 24 passed its second and third readings in the North Carolina House on Wednesday, introducing a new congressional map for the 2026 election. This map is expected to help Republicans flip District 1, potentially adding another seat in the U.S. House.

From the onset, supporters of California’s mid-cycle redistricting plan have called it a “response” to Republicans.

North Carolina is the latest Republican-led state to reshape a congressional district in hopes of boosting the GOP's chances of keeping the House in next year's midterms. The North Carolina House on Wednesday passed a new congressional map that shifts the state's major battleground Democratic-held House district and makes it more favorable to conservatives,

A North Carolina state House committee voted Tuesday to advance a new congressional map over the objections of Democrats and some protesters -- setting up a vote in the full House on a measure that could net the Republican Party a new seat in the 2026 midterms.

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature has formally begun redrawing the state's congressional district map. The effort aims to help the GOP gain another U.S.

On I-95 in North Carolina, 181 miles separate South Carolina and Virginia. The 12th District on that map snaked along Interstate 85 between Durham and Mecklenburg counties through Orange, Alamance, Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan and Iredell counties.

Early voting has commenced for North Carolina's November 2025 municipal elections across 380 municipalities, ending November 1. With low odd-year turnout, locals are urged to vote for leaders who impact community decisions.

Tuesday, Oct. 21, is the last day to request an absentee ballot for the November general election in North Carolina.