Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* A federal court rejected Alabama’s congressional map this week, concluding that it violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters’ political influence. It sets the stage for Alabama to draw up its third map since the 2020 census.
* In related news, a group of Democratic voters this week asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court — which now has a progressive majority — to reject the state’s current congressional map, which was drawn by a gerrymandered Republican majority.
* In Georgia, where Republicans are in the market for a competitive U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Buddy Carter threw his hat into the ring this week. Carter is perhaps best known for recently introducing legislation that would empower Donald Trump to acquire Greenland and rename it “Red, White, and Blueland.”
* Health problems are forcing Rep. Gerry Connolly to retire, but the Virginia Democrat this week endorsed his former chief of staff, James Walkinshaw, in the race to fill his seat in the 2026 elections.
* Democratic leaders would love to convince former Gov. John Bel Edwards to run for the Senate in Louisiana next year, and to their relief, he’s not saying no. In fact, The New York Times reported that Edwards “has signaled to party leaders to circle back to him closer to August.”
* In Ohio, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine realizes that state GOP officials might endorse Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial candidacy, but the term-limited incumbent is reportedly scrambling behind the scenes to prevent that from happening.
* And in Arizona, the president has officially endorsed both of the Republican Party’s gubernatorial candidates — Karrin Taylor Robson and Rep. Andy Biggs — but Axios reported that three of Trump’s top political lieutenants are abandoning Robson’s operation a year ahead of the GOP primary.
