Redistricting Scorecard true 0% 12 Checks mostly true 0% 16 Checks half true 0% 9 Checks mostly false 0% 14 Checks false 0% 9 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 0 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Redistricting Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2025 in a podcast episode: “Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.” By Loreben Tuquero • August 21, 2025 stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference: Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting By Amy Sherman • August 6, 2025 Robin Vos stated on September 15, 2023 in News release: Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed." By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023 Ron Tusler stated on September 12, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.” By D.L. Davis • December 8, 2023 Eric Ager stated on October 24, 2023 in a speech on the house floor: “This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.” By Paul Specht • November 15, 2023 Ted Budd stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet: “Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.” By Paul Specht • March 29, 2022 North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus stated on January 31, 2022 in a tweet: Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case. By Paul Specht • February 17, 2022 Deb Butler stated on January 12, 2022 in a tweet: Says the “NC appeals court” acknowledged the state’s election maps “are skewed,” but didn’t block them because they are “partisan hacks.” By Paul Specht • January 21, 2022 Janet Bewley stated on November 5, 2021 in News release: “Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.” By Madeline Heim • November 23, 2021 Tom Cotton stated on October 21, 2021 in a tweet: The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.” By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021 JB Pritzker stated on June 3, 2021 in a TV interview: Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 11, 2021 Virginia House Democratic Caucus stated on March 5, 2020 in Voting record: On a referendum that could strip legislators of their redistricting power. By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2020 Jerry Tillman stated on November 15, 2019 in a speech: Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan." By Paul Specht • November 26, 2019 Adam Jarchow stated on July 16, 2019 in a tweet: "Elected officials draw (legislative redistricting) maps. That’s it." By Eric Litke • August 23, 2019 Chris Jones stated on February 23, 2019 in a floor speech.: Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control." By Warren Fiske • March 5, 2019 Chuck McGrady stated on February 13, 2019 in a press conference: Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill. By Paul Specht • February 15, 2019 Robin Hayes stated on January 10, 2018 in Press release: "A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that." By Paul Specht • January 10, 2018 Phil Berger stated on September 15, 2017 in In a press release: North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country." By Paul Specht • October 5, 2017 Roy Cooper stated on July 28, 2017 in in a newsletter: Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate. By Paul Specht • August 9, 2017 Rafael Anchia stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6." By Bobby Cervantes • June 14, 2017 Load More Latest Articles JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2025 What is redistricting? And why should voters care? By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021 Latest promises about Redistricting No promises to show. Latest promises about Redistricting
