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Redistricting

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All Fact-checks for Redistricting

Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 17, 2025 a podcast episode
“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero • August 21, 2025
stated on August 5, 2025 a press conference
Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 6, 2025
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 News release
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023
Ron Tusler
Ron Tusler
stated on September 12, 2023 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.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • December 8, 2023
Eric Ager
Eric Ager
stated on October 24, 2023 a speech on the house floor
“This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • November 15, 2023
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on March 21, 2022 a tweet
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 29, 2022
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus
stated on January 31, 2022 a tweet
Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2022
Deb Butler
Deb Butler
stated on January 12, 2022 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.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 21, 2022
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on November 5, 2021 News release
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • November 23, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 21, 2021 a tweet
The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on June 3, 2021 a TV interview
Illinois Republican lawmakers “have argued that they want an independent [redistricting] commission, but they didn't do anything about it.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 11, 2021
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
Virginia House Democratic Caucus
stated on March 5, 2020 Voting record
On a referendum that could strip legislators of their redistricting power.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2020
Jerry Tillman
Jerry Tillman
stated on November 15, 2019 a speech
Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 26, 2019
Adam Jarchow
Adam Jarchow
stated on July 16, 2019 a tweet
"Elected officials draw (legislative redistricting) maps. That’s it."
False
By Eric Litke • August 23, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on February 23, 2019 a floor speech.
Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control."  
True
By Warren Fiske • March 5, 2019
Chuck McGrady
Chuck McGrady
stated on February 13, 2019 a press conference
Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 15, 2019
Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
stated on January 10, 2018 Press release
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 10, 2018
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on September 15, 2017 In a press release
North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."
False
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on July 28, 2017 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.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 9, 2017
Rafael Anchia
Rafael Anchia
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet
"How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6."
True
By Bobby Cervantes • June 14, 2017
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