North Carolina's Republican-controlled Legislature passed a new congressional map that aims to further boost the party ahead of next year's midterm elections.

The state House on Wednesday approved the map, which could give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat in North Carolina, on a 66-48 vote, one day after the state Senate advanced it and nine days after GOP legislative leaders first announced their plans for a vote.

The motivation behind this redraw is simple and singular: drawing new map that will bring an additional Republican seat to the North Carolina congressional delegation,” state Sen. Ralph Hise, the Republican who prepared the map, told colleagues this week in a committee hearing.

North Carolina’s 1st District — which narrowly supported President Donald Trump in the 2024 election and is represented by Democrat Rep. Don Davis — would become more Republican-friendly under the new lines, with the nearby 3rd District absorbs some new Democratic areas. Republicans currently control 10 of the state's 14 districts.

“Since the start of this new term, my office has received 46,616 messages from constituents of different political parties, including those unaffiliated, expressing a range of opinions, views, and requests,” Davis said in a statement after the state Senate passed the map on Tuesday. “Not a single one of them included a request for a new congressional map redrawing eastern North Carolina.”

The map, which Democratic Gov. Josh Stein does not have the ability to veto, will now go into effect before the the 2026 elections, when Republicans will seek to protect their narrow House majority.

"If I did have that power, I assure you I would veto this map," Stein said in a video

 on Wednesday. "Republican legislative leaders are abusing their power to take away yours. They're afraid they will lose in the midterms and afraid to say no to the President, so they've turned their backs on you to silence your vote in the 2026 election."