RALEIGH, N.C. — After state lawmakers’ two recent attempts at drawing new congressional maps for North Carolina were both found to be unconstitutional, a bipartisan group of retired judges and academic experts were tapped to draw the new political districts where candidates for the U.S. House will run in this year’s elections.
Their version of the congressional map will be used in the 2022 election — pending possible action from the Supreme Court, which Republican lawmakers asked for on Friday.
The new court-approved congressional map has more competitive seats than the legislature’s first map, but fewer competitive seats than the legislature had suggested in its redraw. It would also make it less likely for Republicans to win a lopsided number of seats.
