As votes continue to be counted across the country, ABCNews now projects Republicans will narrowly keep control of the U.S. House.
And while the final numbers aren’t known, North Carolina’s new maps could have made the difference for Republicans, because of maps that many say amount to gerrymandering.
Normally states only redraw once after every Census at the beginning of each decade; but after a court ruling opening the door for partisan gerrymandering, Republicans in the GOP-led legislature in North Carolina saw an opportunity that paid off with them netting three seats in our state alone.
Under the court-drawn maps used in 2022, the election netted an even split in our purple state – seven Democrats and seven Republicans. However, once the legislature was given the green light to redraw the lines for 2024, Republicans targeted three Democratic seats – Jeff Jackson in Charlotte, Kathy Manning in the Triad, and Wiley Nickel in the Triangle. A look at the lines shows how that was done.