The North Carolina Republican Party announced plans to vote on a new House map amid a nationwide redistricting battle

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina announced Monday plans to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with the potential goal of securing another GOP seat within the already right-leaning boundaries.

The move comes amid an emerging mid-decade battle at the national level between Republicans and Democrats seeking an advantage in the way U.S. House districts are drawn in several states for the 2026 session.

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North Carolina Republicans already created a map in 2023 that resulted in GOP candidates winning 10 of the state’s 14 U.S. House seats in 2024. That division compares to a 7-7 seat split between Democrats and GOP under the map used in 2022.

Now, only one of the state’s House districts — the 1st District currently represented by Democratic Rep. Don Davis — is considered a swing district and could be targeted by the GOP for the 11th seat. Davis won a second term last year by less than 2 percentage points, so flipping just a few parts of the district covering nearly 20 Northeast counties could help the Republican candidate in a strong year for the GOP.

A press release from Republican state lawmakers said the planned action “follows President Donald Trump’s call urging legislatures across the country to take action to nullify Democratic redistricting efforts.”

Trump launched the redistricting battle this summer by calling on Republican-led Texas to reshuffle its U.S. House districts so the GOP can win more seats in next year’s elections.

While Texas redrawn its districts to give Republicans a chance to win five additional seats, California Democrats responded in kind by passing their own redistricting plan aimed at helping Democrats win five additional seats. Lawmakers in Republican-led Missouri then approved revised U.S. House districts intended to help Republicans win an additional seat.

New Texas map faces legal challenge. The California map still needs to be approved by voters in the November 4 election to become effective. Missouri’s map faces court challenges and a petition drive for an initiative that seeks to force a statewide referendum on it.