The 2022 New York redistricting cycle has been confusing to say the least, and the judiciary’s rejection of the legislature’s map means a substantially different plan is taking effect.

Steuben County Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister approved the special master’s congressional map late last Friday with some changes particularly in the Brooklyn area.

New York's highest court rejected congressional maps enacted by state Democrats and found them to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered. 

In what has almost been a decade-long game of gerrymander ping pong, the state Supreme Court on Friday rejected the new North Carolina congressional and state legislative maps, thus repeating their actions from the two previous times the panel’s majority disqualified a Republican legislature’s map.

A total of 27 states have completed their redistricting process and, at this point, it appears that the new district boundaries yield 89 competitive US House races, 36 of those in a respective party or jungle primary.

One of the biggest complaints most commonly aired about redistricting is that it favors incumbents, but such is not the case with the recently completed Wolverine State congressional map.

Redistricting has now been completed in 20 multi-congressional district states, so this is a good time to examine the races viewed as competitive in the places with new district boundaries. 

At this point in the national redistricting process, six sets of incumbents have been paired together mostly in nomination battles, while an additional five incumbent combinations have been averted.

We’re beginning to see preliminary congressional redistricting plans appear around the country, and it seems both parties are attempting to draw maps to their maximum political advantage where possible.

In CA-37 reports were surfacing last week that California Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), who had been on candidate Joe Biden’s short list for the Vice Presidential nomination, was deciding whether to eschew re-election next year for a chance to run for LA Mayor.