RALEIGH, NC (LOOTPRESS) – North Carolina Republicans are moving quickly to redraw the state’s congressional districts in a bid to gain an additional Republican seat in Congress.

On Monday, the state Senate voted 25-20 along party lines to give preliminary approval to a new map that would make the 1st Congressional District more favorable to Republicans, a change that could flip the seat currently held by Democrat Don Davis.

Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), who presented the plan to the Senate Elections Committee, said the goal is to maintain Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives. “If Democrats flip four seats in the upcoming midterm elections, they will take control of the House and torpedo President Trump’s agenda,” Hise said.

President Donald Trump expressed support for

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