• January 20 2026: Plaintiffs in this case filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting an injunction against the map pending appeal.
• January 14 2026: A federal three-judge panel for the U.S. Central District Court of California denied a request to issue a preliminary injunction, allowing California to proceed in using its newly redrawn congressional maps in the state for the 2026 midterm elections.
• November 4 2025: 64% of voters approved Proposition 50 on election day. With the measure passed, new congressional maps drawn under its authority are set to be implemented for the 2026 election cycle. Immediately following the approval, opposition groups (including the CA Republican Party) filed lawsuits challenging the maps on the grounds that the redistricting undermines independent map-drawing and improperly uses race to favor Latinos
• August 21 2025: The California Legislature passed a statewide ballot measure (Proposition 50) that proposes an amendment to the state constitution that would temporarily replace the commission-drawn 2021 map with a legislature-drawn map for 2026–2030. The ballot measure will be placed on the Nov. 4th ballot. The existing commission-led process for drawing maps would resume in 2031. More info from the CA Legislative Analyst's Office.

Go to the California Almanac Page for more.

• January 16, 2026: The VA General Assembly passes its proposed constitutional amendment for a second time. This allows lawmakers to redraw Virginia’s House map and temporarily bypass the state’s redistricting commission. The amendment will now go before voters in a special election, potentially in April.
• November 3, 2025: The Virginia General Assembly passed a proposed constitutional amendment (House Joint Resolution 6007) allowing mid-decade redistricting in narrow circumstances. To take effect, it must be approved again in the next regular legislative session beginning in January 2026 and by voters in a referendum. This timeline makes redrawing before the 2026 congressional primaries uncertain.
• Democratic leaders have called a special session to redraw U.S. House districts for 2026, beginning on Monday, October 27.

Go to the Virginia Almanac Page for more.

• January 23 2026: The Commission Map (HB488) was introduced in the General Assembly. If passed, the map would go to a referendum for approval by voters.
• January 20, 2026: The Governor's Redistricting Advisory Commission (GRAC) voted to propose a new congressional map with all 8 districts designed to elect Democrats.
• November 14, 2025: The Governor's Redistricting Advisory Commission (GRAC) held its first public hearing on congressional redistricting. Watch the video here.
• November 4, 2025: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced he is forming a bipartisan Redistricting Advisory Commission (4 Democrats and 1 Republican) to take public input around the state.
• August 27, 2025: Maryland Democratic senator Clarence Lam filed a bill request that would redraw the state’s congressional districts in response to a similar effort by Texas Republican legislators who redistricted in time for the 2026 midterm elections. The map would likely remove the State's lone Republican House member.
• July 24, 2025: Maryland House of Delegates Majority Leader, Del. David Moon, drafts legislation that would mandate that if any other state deviates from the norm of redrawing congressional districts only once every 10 years, Maryland would be required to do the same.

Go to the Maryland Almanac Page for more.

• January 21 2026: A New York state supreme court judge rules New York’s 11th Congressional District unconstitutionally diluted Black and Latino voting power. The district must be redrawn by February 6.
• October 27, 2025: A lawsuit (Williams et al v. Board of Elections of the State of New York et al) was filed that targets the existing congressional district 11, alleging violations of the New York State Constitution. Specifically, the lawsuit claims the district dilutes minority votes and seeks a new minority influence district consisting of Staten Island and lower Manhattan. This lawsuit is likely an attempt to modify New York's congressional map in the courts in light of the legal and procedural hurdles involved in conducting a mid-decade map redraw.
• August 21, 2025: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie confirms leaders are “having discussions” after Gov. Kathy Hochul floated a Texas-style mid-decade redraw in response to Texas, yet notes any mid-decade map would require a constitutional amendment passed by two successive legislatures and a statewide referendum, making 2028 the earliest realistic implementation.

Go to the New York Almanac Page for more.

• July 22, 2025: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he is not ruling out the possibility of redrawing the state's Congressional districts to counter Texas Republicans' redraw efforts. However, the New Jersey Constitution explicitly forbids mid-decade redistricting, unless the state's districts are struck down by a court. Any changes to this law could not be made in enough time to affect elections by next November.

Go to the New Jersey Almanac Page for more.

October 23, 2025: Illinois leaders show “little interest” in a mid-decade redraw despite pressure from U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

August 4, 2025: Gov. J.B. Pritzker says a redraw is “on the table” as Democrats weigh responses to GOP mid-cycle moves in other states.

Go to the Illinois Almanac Page for more.