Redistricting battles in Texas, Ohio, and California will likely determine control of the House during the 2026 midterm elections.

State courts certainly exist in Texas, but serve to cement egregious GOP power grabs, not prevent them. Despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s midnight-drunkard ramblings that his state might ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

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Some Republicans also signaled opposition, setting up a political clash as the budget process moves forward. ‘Good news’ for fast-growing Nevada city The majority of land in the House provision is in ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah’s third-party political parties – the United Utah Party and Utah Forward Party – announced their intention to merge into a single party. The two groups would form to ...

An anti-gerrymandering lawsuit contending the Utah Legislature acted unconstitutionally when it repealed and replaced a 2018 ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission is back ...

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U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) scored another victory in Congress when his proposed 'Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters (MAPWaters) Act' was passed by congressional colleagues on a voice vote on ...

Utah’s Supreme Court handed a victory Thursday to opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County among four congressional districts that have since all elected ...

One of the most conservative states in the country, Utah isn’t likely to send any Democrats to Congress anytime soon.Though Utahns voted 50.3%-49.7% to create an independent redistricting commission ...

G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.