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Maps don’t draw themselves.
These are the people who called the sessions, wrote the maps and signed them in 2025–26 — and the ones, in both parties, who were pushed to and said no. Every entry links to where we read it.
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A redraw proposed, a vote taken, a map signed or refused.
Get alerts →- Donald TrumpRPresident, national
His political team urged Texas Republicans to redraw mid-decade; he later threatened primaries against the Indiana senators who refused.
Sources:The Texas TribuneRoll CallJun 2025 - Greg AbbottRGovernor, Texas
Called the special session that added redistricting, and signed the map (HB 4) aimed at five Democratic-held seats.
Aug 29, 2025R +5 targeted - Cody VasutRChair, Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, Texas
Chaired the committee that sent the map to the floor, where it passed 88–52 on a party-line vote.
Aug 20, 2025R +5 targeted - Gavin NewsomDGovernor, California
Led Prop 50, which set aside the independent commission’s map through 2030 to target five Republican-held seats.
Nov 4, 2025D +5 targeted - Hakeem JeffriesDU.S. House Minority Leader, national
Pushed California’s counter-redraw and urged Illinois to follow.
Sources:Capitol News IllinoisWikipedia2025 - Mike KehoeRGovernor, Missouri
Called a special session and signed a map aimed at the Kansas City seat.
Sources:Office of the Missouri GovernorSep 28, 2025R +1 targetedmap not in use - Destin HallRSpeaker of the House, North Carolina
With the Senate leader, announced and led the redraw aimed at the 1st District — enacted without the governor, who has no veto over maps.
Oct 22, 2025R +1 targeted - Phil BergerRSenate President Pro Tempore, North Carolina
With the House Speaker, announced and led the same redraw; it passed as SB 249.
Oct 22, 2025R +1 targeted - Frank LaRoseRSecretary of State, Ohio
Chaired the Ballot Board that approved, 3–2, 2024’s Issue 1 language describing a citizen-led anti-gerrymandering commission as one that would require gerrymandering. It failed, 53.7–46.3. As a commission member he voted for the 2025 map.
2024R +2 targeted - Ron DeSantisRGovernor, Florida
Called a special session for a map drawn in his office, and signed it — aimed at four more Republican seats.
Sources:Roll CallFlorida PoliticsMay 4, 2026R +4 targeted - Bill LeeRGovernor, Tennessee
Called an extraordinary session and signed a map that splits Memphis, aimed at the 9th District.
Sources:WSMVMay 7, 2026R +1 targeted - Jeff LandryRGovernor, Louisiana
After the Supreme Court’s Callais ruling, signed the map eliminating the majority-Black 6th District, the day it passed.
Sources:Fox 8 (WVUE)May 29, 2026R +1 targeted - Kay IveyRGovernor, Alabama
Called a special session to restore the Legislature’s 2023 map if the courts allowed it, dropping the second Black-opportunity district a federal court had drawn.
Sources:WAFFWALA Fox 10May 2026R +1 targeted - Don ScottDSpeaker of the House of Delegates, Virginia
Called the General Assembly back to start the constitutional amendment to redraw Virginia for four more Democratic seats; the state Supreme Court voided it.
Sources:WVTFCardinal NewsApr 21, 2026D +4 targetedmap not in use - Wes MooreDGovernor, Maryland
Pushed a map to erase Maryland’s one Republican seat; the House passed it and the Senate never voted on it. An August special session instead sent a redistricting amendment, Question 3, to the Nov 3 ballot.
Feb 2026map not in use
How someone gets on this list
The same rule for both parties: a public record shows they called a session that included redistricting, wrote or sponsored the map, chaired the committee that sent it to the floor, signed or vetoed it — or, pushed to redraw, refused. Know someone we missed? Send us the source.