North Carolina legislators finalized the new electoral district maps after weeks of committee work and holding public comments in September. Legislators set out to redraw legislative districts for the North Carolina House, North Carolina Senate, and U.S. Congressional seats after the 2020 U.S. Census, a process done every ten years. Legislators attempted to keep municipalities and counties whole to the extent they could and did not use voting data while drawing the maps.

Legislators passed three bills this week for each map. 

Under SB 740, new districts were drawn for congressional maps including the addition of one new congressional district for a total of 14 for the U.S. House of Representatives. Legislators noted that under this map, eleven municipalities were spilt. Greensboro and Charlotte were spilt due to population size. SB 740 passed along party lines. Click here to view a map of the new districts with incumbents listed. 

HB 976 lays out 120 new North Carolina House of Representatives districts and SB 739 lays out 50 new North Carolina Senate districts. These bills also passed along party lines. Click here to view a map of the new districts for the House with incumbents listed. Click here to view a map of the new districts for the Senate with incumbents listed. 

Under all three maps, Republicans are likely to maintain and possibly even grow their seats. The News and Observer analysis on the maps include which party is likely to win each districts. It is predicted that Republicans will win 10 out of 14 congressional seats under the new map. Princeton Gerrymandering Project has given the congressional district map a grade of “F” for partisan fairness.

Governor Cooper does not sign or veto any of these bills into law as passage of redistricted maps automatically become law. However, lawsuits have already been filed and will likely hold up the process of these maps becoming law immediately.