Federal Courts Hand Republicans Another Major Election Win

Republicans nationally have increasingly argued that race based districting unfairly entrenches Democratic power by concentrating voters into protected districts

At the same time, Republicans suffered a setback in neighboring Alabama.

A three-judge federal panel ruled Tuesday that Alabama Republicans cannot use a newly proposed congressional map that would have created another potential Republican pickup opportunity in the state.

Instead, Alabama must continue using a court ordered map that added a second majority Black district and helped elect Democratic Rep

Shomari Figures.