Politicians are gerrymandering district maps to rig elections. Michigan shows there’s a better way: Trust voters, not ...

When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as "fair maps" that reflected the state's communities. But when Gov. Mike Braun recently tried ...

If anyone has a reason to oppose gerrymandering, it’s U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa. For the past 12 years, LaMalfa, a Republican, has represented California’s First Congressional District, a ...

Maryland Democrats should take solace and learn lessons from the 13-point swing the party enjoyed in Tennessee’s special election. Aftyn Behn, a liberal Democrat who disparaged the city she was ...

For months now, the Trump administration has been aggressively pressuring red states around the country to gerrymander their ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As a leader of the College Democrats at Vanderbilt University, Luci Wingo knew the odds of a Democrat winning one of Nashville’s three U.S. House seats weren’t great. Yet her ...

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A federal district court judge in Texas released one of the strangest dissents in recent legal history on Wednesday, effectively accusing one of his colleagues of judicial misconduct and making a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. States nationwide are redrawing congressional districts mid-decade, with Republicans and Democrats using ...