Obama to headline fundraiser in response to GOP redistricting efforts [View all]

Barack Obama and Donald Trump are squaring off over Republicans’ push to remap two red states, with the former Democratic president fundraising against his successor’s effort to maintain control over Congress next year, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO.

Obama will headline an August fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard for a Democratic redistricting group that’s fighting the GOP-led efforts in Texas and Ohio, per the invitation.

The dinner and discussion — which will benefit the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and its affiliates — is in response to Texas Republicans angling to redraw their state’s maps to more heavily favor their party ahead of the midterms. Also attending the event are NDRC chair Eric Holder, who was Obama’s attorney general, and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Obama’s involvement in the fundraiser underscores the importance of the issue for Democrats, who have a chance to retake control over the House next year, after losing both chambers of Congress and the White House in 2024. Trump, recognizing his party’s slim hold on the House, is pressuring Republicans to take an aggressive approach to redrawing congressional maps in at least two states.



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