North Carolina’s District 1, a democratic majority and a solidly democratic region in the northeastern corner of the state, has been redrawn as a much more competitive county. Representative GK Butterfield, who has represented the district since 2004, announced retirement on Friday, citing a new map that he said was “racist.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/23/gerrymandering-redistricting-competitive-house-districts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics Gerrymandering is wiping Competition Houses from the map