New York and Maryland are both reportedly looking into plans to redraw their U.S. congressional district maps. The news follows a push by President Donald Trump for Texas to add more right-leaning districts in order to preserve a GOP majority in the U.S. House through the 2026 midterm elections.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Maryland Governor Wes Moore both confirmed on Sunday that the plans were up for consideration.
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The development comes after President Donald Trump pressured Texas to redraw its maps in order to preserve a GOP majority in the U.S. House in a process known as gerrymandering. Responding to that, Californians will vote this fall on whether to add new left-leaning districts in their own state to balance out the new maps.
Following the Texas-California feud, Republicans across the country say they’ll be exploring how to add even more right-leaning districts in their respective states to entrench GOP control of the U.S. House.
In comments to CBS News, Gov. Moore compared Trump’s attempts to draw more Republican-leaning maps to his previous attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. “The fact that the president of the United States, very similar to what he did in Georgia, where he called up a series of voter registrants and said I need you to find me more votes — we’re watching the same thing now, where he’s calling up legislators around the country and saying I need you to find me more congressional districts,” Moore warned.
In response, more Democratic politicians are now reviewing how they might redraw their own maps leading up to the 2026 midterms.
