“The Wisconsin Supreme Court embraced a redistricting plan crafted by Republican state lawmakers Friday, three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out election maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

“In the 4-3 decision, Justice Brian Hagedorn joined the court’s conservatives after earlier siding with its liberals. The ruling came at one of the last possible moments, falling on the day that candidates could begin circulating petitions to get on the ballot.

“Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday kept his promise and proposed a redistricting map that blows up the state’s current congressional districts, creates four additional Republican-leaning seats, and eliminates at least two districts now held by Black Democrats in North and Central Florida,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

“The map would create 20 Republican-performing districts and eight Democrat-leaning districts and is expected to be quickly approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature next week when it meets in a special session called by the governor. The current split of the Florida congressional delegation is 16 Republicans and 11 Democrats, and the state gets an additional district because of its population growth.”

“Republican legislative leaders in Florida have given up trying to draw new congressional boundaries that can win Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature and, in an unprecedented move, announced Monday that they intend to essentially cede this constitutional power to the executive branch,” CNN reports.

“Last month, DeSantis vetoed the new district boundaries approved by lawmakers — a rare public display of contention between the governor and a state legislature controlled entirely by his own party. DeSantis has demanded the legislature join his fight to eliminate two districts where Black residents are a plurality.”

“An appeals judge on Friday declined to slow down New York’s primary elections amid a battle over the state’s redistricting plan, but said he would allow a lower court judge to hire an expert to draw up alternative congressional district maps in case the disputed ones ultimately get tossed,” the AP reports.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed into law a new congressional map drawn by Democrats, a little more than a week after a judge called their previous effort an “extreme gerrymander” and threw it out, the New York Times reports.

The new map will most likely result in a congressional delegation that will look a lot like the current one.

David Wasserman has the early read on a New York judge throwing out the new redistricting maps: “The ruling likely to be stayed on appeal, so Democrats believe map will remain in place, at least for 2022. Huge stakes here, as a ‘neutral’ map could cost Dems 3 to 4 seats and erase their nationwide remap gains.”

“Key point here: for the New York lines to change for this fall, less GOP-friendly higher courts would not only need to agree with plaintiffs on the merits, but potentially alter the election calendar. Just like Ohio Republicans, New York Democrats could be saved by the bell.”

“A New York judge on Thursday struck down the state’s new congressional and legislative maps as defying a voter-backed constitutional amendment that aimed to end partisan gerrymandering, dealing a blow to Democrats hoping to hold onto their fragile majority in the House this November,” the Washington Post reports.

“New York Democrats drew a new congressional map with boundaries that could gain their party as many as three new seats, a crucial advantage at a time when the House majority will come down to just a handful of wins.”

FiveThirtyEight: “No matter which way you slice it, Democrats have gained blue seats from the mapmaking process, making the House playing field between the two parties more balanced than it has been in decades.”

“As the maps stand on March 30 at 5 p.m. Eastern, 175 congressional districts have a FiveThirtyEight partisan lean of D+5 or bluer, 181 have a partisan lean of R+5 or redder and 33 are in the ‘highly competitive’ category between D+5 and R+5.”

“That’s a net increase of 11 Democratic-leaning seats from the old maps. Meanwhile, the number of Republican-leaning seats has decreased by six, as has the number of highly competitive seats.”

“With the midterm election cycle fast approaching, Republicans in the key states of Florida and Ohio have made critical progress in their push to add to their dominance on congressional maps by carving new districts that would be easier for G.O.P. candidates to win,” the New York Times reports.

“The Republican pressure comes as Democrats have fared better than expected in this year’s redistricting cycle. Democrats have drawn aggressive gerrymanders in states like New York, Oregon, Illinois and Maryland, while Republicans have sought to make their current seats safer in states like Texas and Georgia.”

David Wasserman: Maryland and Ohio rulings brighten GOP’s redistricting outlook.

Politico reports that “spats between governors and state legislators have brought map-making to a standstill in the final four states still without new congressional lines for the 2022 elections.”

“With filing deadlines looming, 44 House seats are still outstanding in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Missouri and, most importantly, Florida, which has 28 districts all by itself.”

“A Maryland judge has thrown out the state’s congressional map, calling it an ‘extreme partisan gerrymander’ in what is a victory for Republicans who said Democrats in the state General Assembly sought to silence their votes,” the Washington Post reports.

“New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has said clearly for months that he doesn’t like the once-in-a decade redistricting maps being pushed through the state’s legislature by fellow Republicans who control both chambers,” Fox News reports.

“And on Wednesday, the Republican governor announced that he will veto the maps.”

“The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “The national redistricting picture is nearly complete, as only 5 more states — Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire and Ohio — have yet to enact congressional maps.”

“While Democrats are currently up in our running House tally, the plans from those 5 remaining states should boost the Republican tally.”

Nate Cohn: “In a departure from a decades-long pattern in American politics, this year’s national congressional map is poised to be balanced between the two parties, with a nearly equal number of districts that are expected to lean Democratic and Republican for the first time in more than 50 years.”

“Despite the persistence of partisan gerrymandering, between 216 and 219 congressional districts, out of the 435 nationwide, appear likely to tilt toward the Democrats… An identical 216 to 219 districts appear likely to tilt toward Republicans, if the maps enacted so far withstand legal challenges. To reach a majority, a party needs to secure 218 districts.”

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) vetoed the congressional redistricting map passed by the Republican-majority Legislature, saying it should have included a district that would allow a second Black candidate a chance to serve in the state’s congressional delegation, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.

“The Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans more favorable to Democrats,” the AP reports.

A new Pew Research survey finds just 14% of Americans say they have heard a lot about the redistricting process in their state.

Overall, 85% say they have heard a little or nothing at all about legislative redistricting in their state.