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DRAUGHON DRAWS: The NCGOP's gerrymander hatches some mischief

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

Another lawsuit challenges NC redistricting, this time using new legal theory of 'retaliation'

GOP lawmakers are violating the First Amendment rights of eastern North Carolina voters, a new lawsuit claims, by eliminating the state's only competitive congressional district. Voters in that district supported Republican President Donald Trump in 2024 but also Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

Legal challenges against new NC congressional map in the works as Davis considers next move

Social justice groups have vowed legal challenges against the new Republican-drawn map, making allegations of racial gerrymandering in northeastern North Carolina. U.S. Rep. Don Davis indicates he plans to run 'on my third new map.'

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

Debate over redistricting plan reaches House, vote could come Wednesday

Lawmakers could take up a final vote today on a plan to give Republicans an even stronger advantage in congressional elections. Republicans have an advantage in 10 of the state's 14 congressional districts. They want to make that 11.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Gerrymandering is piracy

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

Senate passes newly proposed congressional map that strengthens Republican grip

The already heavily favored Republican congressional seats in North Carolina would likely gain more power in the state under a redrawn congressional map that was discussed and approved on Monday.

What to know about NC Republicans' effort to flip a U.S. House seat through redistricting

North Carolina Republicans are preparing to redraw the state's congressional districts in an effort to help the GOP protect its control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.

Will Doran and Paul Specht, WRAL News

DRAUGHON DRAWS: The General Assembly's monstrous redistricting plan

Thursday, )ct. 16, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Senator Berger's mash note to the President

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

Why a federal judge ruled NC Senate map is fair game

The ruling is a loss for Democrats, who were hoping to have a more favorable map to run on in the 2026 midterms.

Republicans prevail in racial gerrymandering lawsuit targeting NC Senate maps

The ruling is a loss for Democrats, who were hoping to have a more favorable map to run on in the 2026 midterms.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

In Depth with Dan: Answering viewers' questions about redistricting

WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty answers viewer questions about redistricting in North Carolina and other states.

In Depth with Dan: Answering viewer questions about redistricting and Texas gerrymandering

No census and no election, but redistricting is back in the news. WRAL's Dan Haggarty goes In Depth and explains why the back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats, Texas and California, is a bad thing for everyone.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: N.C. redistricting-- a primer for Texas?

Monday, Aug. 11, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist

In Depth with Dan mailbag: Answering viewer questions about NC Supreme Court race, Fort Bragg name change

WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty answered viewer questions about the North Carolina Supreme Court race, testing for PCBs inside NC State's Poe Hall, school districts using cell phone pouches and the renaming of Fort Bragg.

NC voters appeal loss in 'election integrity' lawsuit challenging maps for Congress, state legislature

The state Supreme Court has ruled against gerrymandering complaints, but one lawsuit is using a new strategy of arguing that some districts are so skewed that it's akin to rigging an election.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

WRAL News viewers ask redistricting NC counties

WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty explains why North Carolina redraws its districts every 10 years.

Editorial: Mark your ballot to support public schools, fair elections and integrity

Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 -- Affirm candidates who show respect, who care about the future of North Carolina, truly back public education, demand fair elections that produce sincere representation and pick leaders of character and integrity.

Judges debate long-running amendments lawsuit over race and political power in NC

The NAACP lawsuit argues that for years the state legislature was so racially gerrymandered that GOP lawmakers lost their ability to claim to represent the entire state.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

MARA GAY: To win North Carolina, Democrats need to get out of town

Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 -- Kamala Harris has a chance in North Carolina, but only if she hits the ground hard in rural areas, as Obama did in 2008.

SARAH OVASKA: How the South's retreat on voting access hurts us all

Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024 -- There has been an onslaught of anti-voter laws sweeping the South following the U.S. Supreme Court's disastrous 2013 decision stripping away critical protections against discrimination in elections.

Editorial: Gerrymandering puts the fix in for North Carolina legislative and congressional elections

Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 -- Using a non-partisan process to draw elections lines is a must if North Carolina's legislature is truly representative of the people and not just a self-sustaining power base for a political minority.

Editorial: Voters should stand with candidates who make a better N.C. the top priority

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 -- Voters should examine where candidates for the General Assembly stand. Is it worth supporting those who will look outside the state, to special interests, for their priorities? Or is the wiser choice to back those who stand with North Carolinians?

NC lawmakers want new Constitutional amendments on 2024 ballot

Democrats worry that one provision in the bill appears to allow the Republican-controlled state legislature to change how city and county boards are elected, which could be used to gerrymander local governments.

Wide-ranging NC bill takes aim at mail-in voting, local government powers, AI-generated political ads

Democrats worry that one provision in the bill appears to allow the Republican-controlled state legislature to change how city and county boards are elected, which could be used to gerrymander local governments.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter