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Pamela, we can't declare victory — not yet anyway. But it sure looks like the Republican scheme to rig the midterms is going to fail. That’s good news, but it certainly isn’t mission accomplished. I just sent out a strategy memo to key stakeholders in the Democratic Party laying out where we are and where we go from here when it comes to defeating Trump’s gerrymandering. We know the work isn’t over November 3rd — in many ways, it’s just getting started. You can read the full memo below, but before you do (and with just 19 days left in this election), can you make a donation to help fund the work we’re doing to elect state-level officials who can help fight the next phase of the redistricting crisis? Thank you, John Bisognano To: Interested Parties The mid-decade gerrymandering crisis that Donald Trump started has failed. It began in Texas, continued into North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, and redraws were thwarted in Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Georgia. Despite all their effort to cheat the American people, Republicans will lose the House majority in the 2026 midterms. This plot failed, not only because they underestimated the intense dissatisfaction of Americans across the country, but also because Attorney General Eric Holder’s leadership, in coordination with an aggressive, unified, multi-pronged Democratic response, played a central role in beating back Republicans’ attempt to rig the 2026 midterms, ensuring the will of the people can prevail this November. Republicans Sought to Gain 21 New Congressional Seats from Redistricting, Instead They’ll Lose the Majority and Net Very Few Seats: Originally, Republicans set out to draw themselves as many as 21 new seats in at least fourteen states. Instead, eight Republican states enacted new, mid-decade gerrymanders to give themselves 12 new seats—or so they hoped—and Democrats successfully responded in three states to take back seven seats. The result is that, based on redistricting, Republicans could net just five seats—and given the level of opposition they are facing from the voters, that number could go down to two or as low as zero—while wasting tens of millions of dollars and showing the American people they care more about holding onto power than the principles of our democracy. The White House and its Republican allies wasted an incredible amount of time and resources to weaken the voting power of the American people—and it has backfired, with opposition among voters only increasing. Over the past year, they concocted legal briefs from the Department of Justice to justify stealing power, spent countless hours of White House attention and travel, including multiple trips to Indiana by the Vice President, and made an untold number of phone calls to governors and state legislators attempting to browbeat them into submission through threats, potential bribes, and other nefarious means. The result will likely be the Republican Party taking on more political baggage than an airplane carousel with few net seats and no House majority. Overwhelming Opposition from Voters Could Overcome Republican Mid-decade Gerrymanders in the 2026 Midterms: Republicans overplayed their hand in a number of states where they enacted egregious mid-decade gerrymanders and are unlikely to gain the number of seats they claim they will in the midterms. In fact, given strong opposition amongst voters to Republican policies, they could see very little to no gains in the following states where they enacted mid-decade gerrymanders at the direction of Donald Trump and against the will of their own constituents:
Democrats’ Multi-Pronged Strategy Played Key Role to Stop Republicans from Rigging the 2026 Midterms: For nearly a decade, at the direction of Attorney General Holder, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) and its affiliates had been preparing to fight the threat of mid-decade gerrymandering in Republican states. When the potential threat became a dangerous reality, Attorney General Holder immediately galvanized support for an aggressive Democratic response. Under his leadership, NDRC and its affiliates quickly deployed a multi-pronged strategy to fight back by sounding the alarm to the public about Republicans’ attempt to rig the elections, utilizing its top-tier mapping team, coordinating with national and local partners, and empowering a growing grassroots network to get involved in the fight back. That strategy thwarted mid-decade redraws in several red states and reduced Republicans’ net seat advantage from 12 seats to a ceiling of five. This was foundational to ensuring the will of the people could prevail on the national congressional map in November. Without this success in the redistricting fight, Republicans could have achieved their initial goal of enacting as many as 21 new seats in at least fourteen states—an amount that would have made it exceedingly difficult for the will of the people to prevail on the national congressional map. The path to success in the redistricting fight ahead of the 2026 midterms was defined by six key moments:
What Happens Next: Republicans will not stop pursuing mid-decade gerrymanders; in fact, we anticipate they will immediately double down, pushing our country even further into a gerrymandering crisis in response to losing the House majority. The redistricting fight ahead of 2028 will begin on November 4th this year, with states like Georgia and Mississippi potentially using lame-duck legislative sessions to enact even more egregious gerrymanders. If Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymanders are left unchallenged and unresponded to, they could achieve a 25-seat advantage in the 2028 House elections by the middle of 2027. Any Democratic state with an ability to counter Republican gerrymanders should be prepared to do their part—quickly—to ensure the will of the American people can prevail again in the 2028 House elections. Our goal remains the same: we want Congress to pass a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering and mid-decade redistricting as soon as possible to end this gerrymandering crisis. To get there, we must ensure the national congressional map remains responsive to the will of the American people. The immediate fight ahead will require everyone to do their part—just as the fight leading into the 2026 midterms required. |
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Everything you need to know about how Democrats will defeat Trump’s gerrymandering
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