Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. It’s the latest effort to help the Trump administration retain control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections next year.

Phil Berger, the state Senate leader, and Destin Hall, the speaker of the state House of Representatives, said in a joint statement that they would hold votes next week on the rare mid-decade redistricting effort. Republicans control the Legislature, and Gov. Josh Stein, a Democrat, cannot veto redistricting plans, per the state constitution.

Republicans already control 10 of the state’s 14 congressional seats. Hall said in the statement that Republican lawmakers would seek to secure one more seat, though he di

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