North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature passed a new congressional map on Wednesday aimed at securing the party another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, expanding President Donald Trump's campaign to use partisan redistricting to help Republicans keep control of Congress in next year's midterm elections.

Last week, North Carolina Republicans unveiled a plan, backed by President Donald Trump, to redraw the state’s congressional map in order to pick up another seat for the GOP in the 2026 midterms.

According to the House’s history and archives, the Founders based it on British law and therefore required members to live in their states, but the district system came later.