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House Democrats participate in an August march calling for Senate passage of voting rights legislation.

States create few new minority districts in redistricting so far

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 23, 2021 at 7:00am
A Census Bureau employee demonstrates at an outreach event for the 2020 census last year in Washington. The count was hampered by the pandemic and decisions by the Trump administration.

Census may have missed more than 1 million, report suggests

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 2, 2021 at 5:15am
California Rep. Katie Porter talks to middle school students in Irvine in 2019. Porter’s 45th District is now the largest by population in the state and the growth in diversity has shaped her outreach to constituents.

As districts grow more diverse, congressional outreach does too

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 30, 2021 at 5:00am
The release of local population and demographic information from the 2020 census will allow states to begin redrawing congressional district lines.

State redistricting can start with new census data, but litigation looms

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 12, 2021 at 3:09pm
Members wave and take photos after a Congressional Hispanic Caucus presentation at the 2016 Democratic National Convention that featured Reps. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Norma J. Torres, D-Calif., Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and then-Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who is now governor of New Mexico.

Hispanic Caucus to fund redistricting efforts in three states

By Stephanie Akin
Posted August 9, 2021 at 9:30am
A hot air balloon floats above Sedona, Ariz., in 2020. Arizona’s approach to redistricting is one more states are starting to adopt, Dick writes.

Redistricting will upend many state delegations — but likely not Arizona’s

By Jason Dick
Posted July 19, 2021 at 10:30am
A boy points to an electoral map at an exhibit in Charlotte, N.C., before the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Recent census results may appear to have given the GOP a boost in the Electoral College, but that’s no sure thing, Dick writes.

Don’t assume new Electoral College map will help Republicans

By Jason Dick
Posted May 17, 2021 at 10:30am
Rep. Marie Newman of Illinois is one of 10 Democrats on a new list of candidates targeted for defeat next year by the National Republican Campaign Committee.

NRCC adds 10 Democrats to target list after release of census tally

By Kate Ackley
Posted May 4, 2021 at 6:00am
Former GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke, who served as Interior secretary in the Trump administration, is eyeing the new House seat Montana will get in the next Congress.

Ex-Rep. Ryan Zinke eyes new House seat in Montana

By Stephanie Akin and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted April 29, 2021 at 4:50pm
Protesters hold signs at a June 2019 rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Census misses create worries of Hispanic undercount

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 29, 2021 at 10:18am