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  "path": "/2026/05/21/repub/gop-targets-blue-state-districts-after-supreme-court-voting-rights-decision/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T06:00:34.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "D.C. Bureau",
    "Election 2026",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Article III Project",
    "civil rights division",
    "Fair Elections Center",
    "gerrymandering",
    "Harmeet Dhillon",
    "Louisiana v. Callais",
    "mid-decade redistricting",
    "minority-majority district",
    "NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund",
    "racial gerrymander",
    "Rep. Emanuel Cleaver",
    "Section 2",
    "Sen. Eric Schmitt",
    "Sen. Peter Welch",
    "Voting Rights Act"
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  "textContent": "Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel suggested Tuesday a recent Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act invalidated U.S. House districts in Democratic states where most residents belong to a racial minority group.",
  "title": "GOP targets blue-state districts after Supreme Court voting rights decision"
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