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BumRushDaShow

(168,293 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:16 PM 14 hrs ago

Supreme Court preserves only GOP-held congressional district in New York City for 2026 elections

Source: AP

Updated 6:54 PM EST, March 2, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of the only GOP-held congressional district in New York City do not not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections, despite a court ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents.

Over the dissent of the court’s three liberal justices, the conservative majority halted the state court ruling that had ordered New York’s redistricting commission to redraw the district held by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis that covers Staten Island and a small piece of Brooklyn.

The outcome is a victory for Republicans in a national tug-of-war over redistricting that could determine control of the closely divided House of Representatives. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin majority.

New York Republicans and the Trump administration had sought the high court’s intervention. Qualifying for congressional elections in New York began last week.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-redistricting-new-york-trump-2f5e96aea7c5b652b837ec6b80136281

This is a hint at what is going to happen to Sect. 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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Supreme Court preserves only GOP-held congressional district in New York City for 2026 elections (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP

This message was self-deleted by its author SSJVegeta 14 hrs ago #1

6 christo-fascist pieces of shit bending to the will of the psycho rePUKE party once again wolfie001 14 hrs ago #2

This is my district, where Nicole Malliotakis is my Congresswoman Polybius 13 hrs ago #3

Let's hope the MAGats there sit it out BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #4

It's R+10 without redistricting FBaggins 12 hrs ago #5

That may be irrelevent BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #7

It's never irrelevant FBaggins 3 hrs ago #8

Again irrelevent BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #9

This isn't a special election FBaggins 2 hrs ago #11

You didn't read the press release that I linked to BumRushDaShow 2 hrs ago #12

Red in a normal year. BidenRocks 7 hrs ago #6

Unconstitional, treasonous, conspirators purr-rat beauty 2 hrs ago #10

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wolfie001

(7,491 posts)

2. 6 christo-fascist pieces of shit bending to the will of the psycho rePUKE party once again

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:58 PM

14 hrs ago

Devoid of all justice and sanity. Waiting for jeebus' return? Any minute now. Fuckers.

Polybius

(21,759 posts)

3. This is my district, where Nicole Malliotakis is my Congresswoman

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:44 PM

13 hrs ago

Her statement today:

"Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to keep New York’s 11th Congressional District intact helps restore the public’s confidence in our judicial system and proves the challenge to our district lines was always meritless. The plaintiffs in this case attempted to manipulate our state’s courts to use race as a weapon to rig our elections. That was wrong and, as demonstrated by today’s ruling, clearly unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the politicization of New York’s courts and its judges necessitated action from the nation’s highest court. I thank the Justices who stopped the voters on Staten Island and in Southern Brooklyn from being stripped of their ability to elect a representative who reflects their values. Whether I serve another term in Congress is a decision for the voters, not Democrat party bosses and their high-priced lawyers."

https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-applauds-scotus-ruling-preserving-new-yorks-11th-congressional

BumRushDaShow

(168,293 posts)

4. Let's hope the MAGats there sit it out

Reply to Polybius (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:50 PM

13 hrs ago

and any previously uninterested Democrats show up and remove her.

FBaggins

(28,695 posts)

5. It's R+10 without redistricting

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:21 PM

12 hrs ago

The blue wave will need to be a tsunami before that one is a pick up

BumRushDaShow

(168,293 posts)

7. That may be irrelevent

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 05:42 AM

4 hrs ago

Before Malliotakis got the seat, it was briefly held by a moderate (D) - Max Rose - after the (D) blue wave in 2018 during 45's first term. This 2nd term is a million times worse.

FBaggins

(28,695 posts)

8. It's never irrelevant

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:48 AM

3 hrs ago

In 2018 the district was R+3 and was marked as the 214th most republican district nationwide - the very definition of a pick-up target.

Now it’s the 185th. But after the 2018 slaughter they still had 199. So again - without redrawing the lines we’ll have to do much better than 2018 for this seat to flip.

BumRushDaShow

(168,293 posts)

9. Again irrelevent

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:06 AM

2 hrs ago

You have ignored that a number of R+10 or even more, special election seats got upended this year.

Republicans Are Getting “Crushed” in Recent Elections, And They Are Freaking Out About the Midterms

The DCCC's somewhat hyperbolic press release headline aside, the trend is pretty clear this year. Many of these people are 45-supporters, PERIOD. If he's not on the ballot, a "+10" can drop down to a "+5" or less and make the seat a bit more competitive.

We still have 8 months of terror to live through before we get there.

FBaggins

(28,695 posts)

11. This isn't a special election

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:29 AM

2 hrs ago

The rules are very different when only 25% of the electorate shows up.

BumRushDaShow

(168,293 posts)

12. You didn't read the press release that I linked to

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:43 AM

2 hrs ago

Not all have been "special elections". There were "off year" (when it comes to "federal" ) STATE LEGISLATIVE elections with flipped seats.

Look at what happened in VA last year, where 13 seats were flipped - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election

And in NJ, where 5 seats were flipped - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_Jersey_General_Assembly_election

There is a popular saying about "the trend is your friend" and the hope in this case, is that the trend continues.

BidenRocks

(3,097 posts)

6. Red in a normal year.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 02:52 AM

7 hrs ago

This isn't a normal year.
The silent protest of voting.

Maybe the 'help' were deported.

purr-rat beauty

(1,175 posts)

10. Unconstitional, treasonous, conspirators

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:09 AM

2 hrs ago

They should be taken off their seats and plopped in a deserving jail cell to wait for their trials for treason.

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