Source: Tim Buckland, WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 1/11/18

A federal judicial panel’s ruling that congressional districts drawn by state Republicans were illegally gerrymandered based on partisanship could have a ripple effect on the makeup of the region’s congressional representation. Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel marks the first time a congressional plan was struck down on partisan gerrymandering claims. It orders state legislators to draw a new map by Jan. 24 or see the court draw a map for them.

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