2026 Redistricting Tracker

The Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously approved a new congressional map on October 31, 2025, after the legislature missed its deadline. The new map creates 12 Republican-leaning districts and 3 Democratic-leaning districts, a shift from the current 10-5 GOP advantage. The map is in effect through 2031.

California voters approved a Democratic counter-map in November 2025, in direct response to Texas's redraw. It adds about five Democratic-leaning seats and is in effect for the 2026 cycle.

Texas Republicans drew a new map in 2025 after President Trump asked them to add GOP-leaning seats. A lower court ruled the map unfairly cut up Black and Latino neighborhoods. The U.S. Supreme Court overruled that 6-3 on April 27, putting the new map in place through at least 2030. Net effect: about five more Republican seats.

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana's map (which had a second majority-Black district) can no longer be used. The ruling changed how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act applies to redistricting. Louisiana's governor suspended the May 16 U.S. House primary and moved it to the November 3 open primary, with candidate qualifying August 5–7. The new map will likely produce one fewer Democratic seat. Full walkthrough: our Callais explainer.

Gov. DeSantis called a special session in January and unveiled a 24-to-4 map on April 27 that targets four incumbent Democrats: Kathy Castor (Tampa), Darren Soto (Orlando), Lois Frankel (West Palm Beach), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Ft. Lauderdale). The Florida House approved it 83-28 and the Senate 21-17 on April 29, both along party lines. DeSantis signed the bill on May 4. A lawsuit was filed the same day arguing it violates Florida's Fair Districts Amendment, but the map is in effect for now.

Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democratic counter-map in a special election (51 percent yes). Eight days later, the Supreme Court of Virginia struck the amendment down 4-3, ruling the legislature broke its own rules by approving it after voting had started in the 2025 House of Delegates election. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to revive it a week later. Virginia's existing 6-to-5 Democratic map stays in place for 2026.

Missouri Republicans passed a new map in a 2025 special session that splits Kansas City and targets Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's 5th District. Voters gathered 300,000 signatures to force a referendum, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 12 that the map can be used in the August primary anyway. A November referendum may still overturn the map, but it would be too late for this year's elections.