New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte won’t have interaction within the tit-for-tat redistricting warfare forward of the 2026 midterms.
“The timing is off for this as a result of we’re in the midst of the census interval, and once I discuss to folks in New Hampshire, this isn’t on the high of their precedence listing,” she mentioned in an interview with native station WMUR on Friday.
New Hampshire, usually thought-about a swing state, has two aggressive seats that are actually held by Democrats, in line with The Cook Political Report by Amy Walter.
Within the 1st Congressional District, Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) is leaving Congress, which may open up a chance for Republicans; nevertheless, with out redistricting it would seemingly keep in Democratic palms in 2026.
Ayotte’s predecessor, Gov. Chris Sununu (R), vetoed a brand new map handed by Republicans within the state legislature in 2022.
A political warfare over congressional districts has escalated in current weeks after Texas referred to as for a particular legislative session to redraw voting strains in an try to achieve 5 new seats within the midterms.
Redistricting sometimes occurs each 10 years after the census has been carried out.
In outrage, Texas Home Democratic lawmakers fled the state to make sure a vote on new districts wouldn’t happen as a result of it lacked a quorum. Legislators fled to blue states resembling California, Illinois and New York.
On Thursday, President Trump weighed in and referred to as for the Commerce Division to conduct a new census, forward of the following rely, scheduled for 2030. He additionally mentioned that the brand new census mustn’t rely folks within the U.S. illegally.
In response to Texas, a handful of blue states have talked about efforts to additionally gerrymander their districts to restrict the good points Republicans may need in Texas in 2026 and enhance the variety of Democratic seats in Congress.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has referred to as for a special election in November. The state created an impartial redistricting fee to offset the hazards of political interference in voting strains. The particular election would due to this fact bypass the fee and let voters approve a invoice to permit Democrats to go a brand new voting map.