"Three Republicans currently represent Nebraska in the House. But Democrats are favored to pick up one seat in 2026, with the retirement of Rep. Don Bacon from the Omaha-based district. Republicans want to thwart those plans. In neighboring Kansas, a Trump +16 state that has a Democratic governor, there are early conversations about how to gerrymander away the one Democratic House seat."
"Flashback: When Indiana lawmakers were at the White House last month, Vice President Vance stopped by the meeting. Later, he and Trump discussed with the state House Speaker how to pencil in more likely GOP seats. The Indiana Legislature is poised to approve a map that will include two more GOP-leaning House districts this week if it is called into special session, as is widely expected, this fall. Democrats currently hold two of the state's nine House seats."
"The White House is aggressively looking to buy some off-year insurance to protect its five-seat majority. The first shots were fired in Texas, with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signing into law a map that will create as many as five new likely Republican seats. In response to the Texas move, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is taking steps to amend the state's Constitution to redraw the maps next year, which could net his party another five seats."
Nebraska faces potential redistricting battles as Democrats are favored to pick up a House seat in 2026 after Rep. Don Bacon’s retirement, prompting Republican efforts to block that gain. Kansas, despite a Trump+16 partisan lean, has a Democratic governor and early talks about redrawing the single Democratic House seat. Indiana lawmakers consulted with Vice President Vance and Trump as the state considers a map that could add two GOP-leaning districts. The White House is seeking to protect a five-seat majority, while Texas enacted a map that could add up to five GOP seats and California is moving to redraw maps that could net five Democratic seats. Missouri and Ohio are also targets for partisan redistricting.
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