Top Election Forecasters Identify 7 Democratic-Held Seats at Risk After Supreme Court Ruling

Election forecasters Sabato’s Crystal Ball and Cook Political Report on Wednesday identified seven Democratic-held House seats in the South as potential Republican targets following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision dealing with racial gerrymandering and redistricting. The impact on the 2026 midterms, however, remains uncertain, the forecasters said. The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais that the state’s redrawn congressional map was unconstitutional because race was the predominant factor in drawing the lines. The map had been redrawn under a lower court order to include a second majority-black district to comply with Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which bars voting practices that discriminate by race. Democrats said the decision narrows that section of the law....