GOP Scores Major Victory At Supreme Court [staten isle]

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GOP Scores Major Victory At Supreme Court

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March 3, 2026



The Supreme Court handed Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis a major win Monday, blocking an attempt to redraw her Staten Island-based district in a way that would have boosted Democrats ahead of the midterms.

The high court stepped in after Malliotakis challenged a January ruling from a New York state judge that would have forced the state’s redistricting commission to overhaul the 11th Congressional District. The congresswoman warned the move amounted to a “racial gerrymander” that would throw “New York’s elections into chaos.”

“Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to keep New York’s 11th Congressional District intact helps restore the public’s confidence in our judicial system and proves the challenge to our district lines was always meritless,” Malliotakis told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. “The plaintiffs in this case attempted to manipulate our state’s courts to use race as a weapon to rig our elections. That was wrong and, as demonstrated by today’s ruling, clearly unconstitutional.”

Malliotakis’ district, which covers all of Staten Island and swaths of southern Brooklyn, is the lone Republican-held seat in New York City. Democrats had eyed the district as a top pickup opportunity, and the proposed redraw would have tilted the lines in their favor.

The state court order came from Justice Jeffrey Pearlman, an appointee of Gov. Kathy Hochul, who ruled the current map diluted the voting strength of Black and Latino residents and directed the commission to redraw it.

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