Why is mid-decade redistricting happening now? One of the most straight forward reasons is President Donald Trump doesn’t want to lose control of the U.S. House in 2026. And that’s likely true!  

In fact, many Republican state lawmakers have received the assignment from the President and have been happy to follow the President in breaking historical norms with mid-decade redistricting.  

Here’s what some of them are saying:  

• Senator John Cornyn posted on social media that a mid-decade redistricting in Texas “will mean significant gains for Texas Republicans,” 

• Reps. Erin Houchin made her support public on social media, saying Indiana should redraw its congressional map to produce “the strongest possible conservative voices in Washington.” 

• North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger said: “Picking up where Texas left off, we will hold votes in our October session to redraw North Carolina’s congressional map to ensure Gavin Newsom doesn’t decide the congressional majority,”  

But is that the only goal? 

Because a disturbing trend has appeared — Trump is also targeting majority Black voter districts.  

In Missouri, Trump and state lawmakers split a current Congressional district with a majority of black voters in half.  In North Carolina, Trump and Republican lawmakers cracked the “Black Belt” district in eastern NC.  Now, Trump and some Republicans want to do the same in Indiana, targeting two separate centers of black voters’ power. 

It’s no secret Republicans want to dismantle the Voting Rights Act and Black and brown voting power all together. 

So is mid-decade redistricting another underhanded way of splitting minority voting power via Congressional representation? 

3 times in a row sure looks like it…. 
 

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