North Carolina lawmakers advanced a proposal to redraw the state’s congressional districts on Monday — part of a nationwide, Republican-led effort to help the GOP maintain control of Congress in 2026.

The Senate Elections Committee approved a new map released last week by state legislative leaders — the first official legislative approval in a multi-step process that is expected to give North Carolina Republicans another seat in Congress. The approval came as protesters accused Republican lawmakers of racism; the changes are expected to oust one of the state’s three Black members of Congress, by carving up an area of eastern North Carolina with a large Black population.

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