Democrats Set in Motion Plan to Redraw Congressional Maps in as Many as 13 States

Democrats are setting the stage to pursue redistricting efforts in as many as 13 states before 2028, redrawing congressional lines to secure potentially dozens of additional House seats, according to an internal strategy memo obtained exclusively by TIME. To move forward on that plan, party strategists have a list of fewer than two dozen state legislative seats they need to flip in this year’s midterm elections.

“Our ability to go on offense in this year’s environment is not only important for power in 2026, but will have an enormous impact on the power we can build through the end of the decade and wield in the post-2030 redistricting process,” wrote Heather Williams, the president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Democrats’ official arm that works on state legislative races.

Democrats are still smarting from the initial round of the redistricting wars that kicked off last year. Republicans appear to have done better at gerrymandering maps in states like Texas and Florida to give them an edge in this year’s midterm elections. The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act in April set that fight into overdrive.

So Democrats plan to be more aggressive on the redistricting front ahead of 2028, and taking advantage of a favorable election environment in 2026 is key. Williams tells me her committee sees hundreds of statehouse seats as flippable this fall. Of those, just 19 targeted races would deliver Democrats a trifecta—the governorship and majorities in the state House and Senate—in four states: Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. That would open the doors to Democratic-led redistricting should those state houses choose to go down that path.




https://time.com/article/2026/06/08/exclusive-democrats-set-in-motion-plan-to-redraw-house-districts-in-as-many-as-13-states/