ICYMI: NDRC Calls on Congress to Pass Federal Ban on Partisan Gerrymandering and Mid-Decade Redistricting

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, The Boston Globe published a guest essay by John Bisognano, President of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), highlighting how NDRC played a central role in stopping Donald Trump’s efforts to steal the 2026 midterm elections and calling on the Massachusetts congressional delegation to lead the way to get Congress to pass a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering and mid-decade redistricting. The full essay is available HERE. 

Below is an excerpt from the essay:

“But there is more work to be done. The chaos of the president’s mid-decade gerrymandering scheme — and the herculean efforts required to fight back against it — cannot become the norm. About a third of the states tried to redraw their maps in the past year, for no reason other than enhancing the partisan advantage of their majority party. The Roberts Court has told us twice now, in 2019 and again this spring, that it will not stop politicians from using their power to insulate themselves from voters. Only Congress can.

“That is where Massachusetts comes in. The president has spent the past year calling the Bay State gerrymandered because all nine of our House members are Democrats. The math says otherwise. Republicans here are spread so evenly across the state that every map of Massachusetts that meets standard redistricting criteria produces a 9-0 Democratic delegation. When the Legislature drew the current lines in 2021, most Republican lawmakers voted for them and a Republican governor signed them. Massachusetts can make the case for fair maps with clean hands. Few states can, and our delegation should use its moral authority.”

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