North Carolina Republicans reap reward of judicial victory in redistricting rule  

Democrats and Republicans poured millions of dollars into state Supreme Court races in North Carolina and Ohio,

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seeing the seats as a key tool to advance political power on issues such as redistribution, abortion and voting laws.

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On Friday, Republicans got their first major reward

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when the newly elected conservative majority on North Carolina's top court agreed to reconsider an earlier ruling invalidating a Republican-backed redistricting map.

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Legal and political experts say the move is a possible precursor to a decision giving the state's

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Republican-controlled legislature the power to redraw the map to their advantage.

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If Republicans are allowed to enforce more partisan congressional lines,

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the result would only flip three or perhaps four Democratic seats in North Carolina, nearly doubling Republicans'

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current narrow margin in the US House of Representatives in next year's elections. Will be enough to do.

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