What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State

Forty-three states — most recently New York — have now finished redrawing their congressional maps (not counting the six states with only one congressional district). Only New Hampshire does not currently have a congressional map in place for the 2022 election. (However, court challenges are proceeding against several of the maps that are in place.)

Although Republicans went into the cycle with control over drawing more districts, redistricting has actually chipped away at the GOP bias in the House of Representatives. So far, redistricting has created six more Democratic-leaning seats nationally and has not changed the number of Republican-leaning seats. This is due to aggressive map-drawing by Democrats in states such as Illinois as well as court decisions overturning Republican gerrymanders in states like North Carolina.

After accounting for incumbency, however, Republicans are actually the ones who have gained ground from redistricting so far: The GOP is positioned for a net gain of three to five seats in 2022 just thanks to the new lines alone. Republicans have benefited from their own brazen cartography in states like Florida and courts striking down Democratic gerrymanders in Maryland and New York. Republicans have also shored up their existing position by converting light-red districts into safer seats in states like Texas.

Partisanship aside, there are two other important takeaways from the 2021-22 redistricting cycle. First, the number of swing seats will continue to decline; the new maps so far have six fewer highly competitive districts than the old ones. And second, people of color will remain underrepresented in Congress.