North Carolina enacts new legislative and congressional maps. How Republicans stand to gain ground

North Carolina Republicans are poised to pick up three to four congressional seats and be in a better position to maintain their legislative supermajorities.

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham, who represents Mecklenburg County, attends the first day of a new legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. She emerged as one of the biggest winners of redistricting. The former Democrat who switched parties in April to give Republicans a supermajority moves from a safe Democratic seat to a tossup. She can also run for Congress in a deep red district.

North Carolina Republican lawmakers on Wednesday voted along party lines to enact new legislative and congressional lines that stand to give the GOP major political advantages heading into the 2024 election.

Today, I bring you an overview of the three voting maps lawmakers have just enacted. And for the true political junkies who pay for this newsletter: An extra level of analysis so you can know the partisan makeups of all 170 legislative districts and how they’ll differ from the 2022 map. You can continue reading or skip down to the very bottom of this alert for available printouts.

Let’s dive in further, beginning with the most straightforward map.

U.S. House (SB757)

North Carolina’s congressional delegation is currently evenly split 7-7. That will change, as Reps. Jeff Jackson of Charlotte, Kathy Manning of Greensboro and Wiley Nickel of Raleigh will be left without a viable place to run. Depending on the outcome of Rep. Don Davis’ tossup race in eastern North Carolina, Republicans stand to have a 10-4 or 11-3 advantage in the U.S. House.