North Carolina Republicans propose a partisan gerrymander to create an 11th safe Republican district, drawing criticism as unfair.

North Carolina Republicans have proposed a new congressional map that would redraw the 1st District to make it more favorable to Republicans by shifting several counties, including Don Davis’s home county of Greene, into the 3rd District. The change, which moves Democratic-leaning areas to the 3rd District and adds Republican-leaning coastal counties to the 1st, aims to create an 11th safe Republican seat ahead of the 2026 elections. The map, which bypasses gubernatorial veto power, faces criticism from Democrats and civil rights groups who call it partisan gerrymandering. Public feedback is being accepted, and lawmakers are set to debate the proposal.