When Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map last summer to give their party additional pickup opportunities, it set off a back-and-forth with both parties revisiting district lines in several states.
The battle turbocharged last month, when the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana’s map and significantly limited the use of race in drawing congressional districts, setting off a scramble among Republican-led Southern states to redraw their maps ahead of this fall’s elections.
With a little under six months to go until the midterm elections, redistricting has reshaped the fight for the House majority — and CQ Roll Call’s list of the 10 most vulnerable House incumbents.
The most vulnerable incumbent on our latest list is Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver II. State Republicans redrew his Kansas City-anchored seat last fall, but he remained off our November list as legal challenges to the map worked through the court system. But the state Supreme Court last week cleared the way for the new map to be used, although a fall referendum on the new lines remains on the table.
Former Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley, whose district was redrawn after California voters approved a new map last year and who changed his party affiliation to independent as he seeks reelection, is also a new entrant on our latest list.
