Before North Carolina lawmakers even began debating what have become the state’s new congressional districts, numerous advocacy groups had already begun meeting with lawyers to determine whether to sue and, if so, how to frame any legal challenges to the map.

And Republican legislative leaders were already bracing for lawsuits over allegations of voters’ rights violations from opponents who say the new map illegally gives the GOP advantage in 11 of this battleground state’s 14 congressional districts, up from 10 previously.

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The target is Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis, a moderate Democrat who won a competitive seat in 2024 where voters also supported Republican President Donald Trump for president by a slim margin. The new map turns it into a district that would h

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