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The 2026 Map War
States normally redraw congressional maps once a decade, after the census. Since the summer of 2025, both parties have redrawn in the middle of the decade, with Texas going first, to win an edge in a House with a razor-thin majority. Here is where every attempt ended up, 8 days before Election Day.
Seats the new maps were drawn to move
State by state
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Timeline
What this means, and what it doesn't
A "targeted" seat is a district the mapmakers redrew to favour their party. Districts aren't won by maps alone: candidates, turnout and the national mood can all break a plan. A wave year can turn a "safe" seat drawn with a thin margin into a loss.
The fight also changed the law. In Rucho v. Common Cause (2019) the Supreme Court ruled that federal courts can't decide partisan-gerrymandering claims. In April 2026, Louisiana v. Callais narrowed how the Voting Rights Act applies to race-conscious districts, which opened the door to the Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee redraws.
Want to see how it's done? The campaign walks through the same tactics on fictional states: packing, cracking, double-bunking incumbents and slipping past a judge.