The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved a new congressional map that could give Republicans an extra seat in Congress. According to state law, North Carolina’s governor, Democrat Josh Stein, cannot veto the redistricting plan. President Trump praised North Carolina’s map on social media last week, saying it would give voters in the state “the opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 Midterm Elections.” It follows a similar effort by Texas Republicans earlier this year, when lawmakers passed a congressional map that could give Texas’s congressional delegation up to five more House seats. A month later, the Republican-controlled Missouri state Legislature passed a congressional map that would turn Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver’s district into a Republican-leaning seat.