{"id":132,"date":"2026-05-08T10:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/alabama-republicans-look-to-set-new-us-house-primaries-if-courts-allow-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:03:55","slug":"alabama-republicans-look-to-set-new-us-house-primaries-if-courts-allow-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/alabama-republicans-look-to-set-new-us-house-primaries-if-courts-allow-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Republicans look to set new US House primaries if courts allow redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) \u2014 Alabama lawmakers looking to take part in a national redistricting battle could vote Friday on a plan to alter the state\u2019s congressional primaries if the courts allow Republican state officials to switch to a more advantageous U.S. House map ahead of the November midterm elections.<\/p>

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The Republican redistricting push in Alabama and other Southern states comes as Democrats suffered a major setback in their own redistricting efforts. Virginia\u2019s Supreme Court on Friday\u00a0invalidated a voter-approved congressional map\u00a0that Democrats had been counting on to deliver as many as four additional U.S. House seats in this year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n

Republicans in Southern states, meanwhile, have moved quickly to try to capitalize on a recent\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court ruling\u00a0in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened Voting Rights Act protections for minorities.\u00a0Tennessee enacted\u00a0new congressional districts Thursday that carve up a Democratic-held, Black-majority district in Memphis. Louisiana postponed its U.S. House primaries as lawmakers work to enact new districts. And Republicans in the South Carolina House have proposed a new U.S. House map.<\/p>\n

Even before the high court ruling, Republicans and Democrats already were engaged in a fierce\u00a0redistricting battle, each seeking an edge in the midterm elections that will determine control of the closely divided House. That battle tilted further toward Republicans on Friday because of the Virginia ruling.<\/p>\n

Since President Donald Trump prodded Texas to redraw its congressional districts last summer, Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from new districts in several states while Democrats think they could gain up to six seats. But the parties may not get everything they sought, because the\u00a0gerrymandering\u00a0could backfire in some highly competitive districts.<\/p>\n