{"id":2467459,"date":"2025-07-27T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-warns-redistricting-a-huge-mistake-for-both-parties-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T18:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:18:41","slug":"sununu-warns-redistricting-a-huge-mistake-for-both-parties-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-warns-redistricting-a-huge-mistake-for-both-parties-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sununu warns redistricting a \u2018huge mistake\u2019 for both parties &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsununu-warns-redistricting-a-huge-mistake-for-both-parties-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu has warned that the ongoing efforts by Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-redistricting-changes-in-key-states-to-regain-house-majority\/\" title=\"... aim to alter ... in crucial states for ... majority recovery.\">redraw congressional maps<\/a> ahead of the 2026 midterm elections could be a notable mistake for both political parties. He argues that openly endorsing gerrymandering discourages voter participation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-omar-act-seeks-to-stop-lawmakers-from-enriching-spouses\/\" title=\"...\u2019 \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Seeks To Stop Lawmakers From Enriching Spouses\">undermines public trust<\/a>. Sununu criticized prominent Democrats like California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker,who have signaled they might pursue similar redistricting efforts in their states. He suggested that the party that abandons gerrymandering first would gain favor with voters and recommended Republicans oppose the tactic publicly while placing blame on Democrats. Meanwhile, House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries supports the Texas redistricting plan, seeing it as an prospect to create new swing seats favorable to Democrats.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sununu warns redistricting a &lsquo;huge mistake&rsquo; for both parties<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2181996\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former New Hampshire Republican Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3373517\/chris-sununu-declines-new-hampshire-senate-run-trump-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chris Sununu<\/a> warned that redistricting ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3481876\/north-carolina-senate-race-showdown-cooper-whatley-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2026 elections<\/a> would be a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-assesses-democrats-lost-due-to-catering-to-people-on-the-fringes-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Stephen A. Smith assesses ... lost due to catering to people \u2018on the fringes\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">huge mistake&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for both Republicans and Democrats, saying it would disincentivize voters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3474617\/trump-texas-redistricting-battles-erupt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans are looking to redraw congressional maps<\/a> for Texas, Ohio, and other states the party is on good terms with ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in a bid to retain the majority in the House of Representatives. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-epa-puts-americas-biggest-oil-field-in-its-regulatory-crosshairs\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s EPA Puts America\u2019s Biggest Oil Field in its Regulatory Crosshairs\">move prompted criticism<\/a> from prominent Democrats including Govs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3482912\/gavin-newsom-california-options-respond-red-state-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) and J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), who indicated they could take similar action with their own states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3481648\/new-hampshire-gop-senate-hopeful-scott-brown-dei-core-value\/\">GOP Senate hopeful Scott Brown once called DEI a &#8216;core value.&#8217; Now he says it&#8217;s &#8216;woke&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3482233\/john-king-exits-georgia-senate-race\/\">John King exits Georgia Senate race as football coach Derek Dooley builds favor with Kemp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3479707\/bill-huizenga-opts-out-michigan-gop-senate-run\/\">Bill Huizenga spares GOP messy primary by opting out of Michigan Senate run<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sununu, however, said this action is a major mistake &ldquo;on both sides.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you have elected officials almost going out saying, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s time that we gerrymander and we just stand behind it and own it,&rsquo; that&rsquo;s a huge problem because no American is going to get behind it,&rdquo; Sununu said on <em>The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3051382&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b0a15e2e6ae6bddd166836065d70cbab\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry, Gavin. No Californian wants to know that their votes are gerrymandered to the point where they really don&rsquo;t matter, right? &lsquo;Cause it disincentivizes everybody to come out and voting,&rdquo; Sununu said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The former Republican governor predicted that whichever party drops this tactic first will win the public&rsquo;s favor. He suggested Republicans could say they spoke about redistricting in &ldquo;generic terms,&rdquo; and be &ldquo;very vocal&rdquo; against gerrymandering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483323\/pritzker-encourages-north-carolina-democrats-to-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>PRITZKER ENCOURAGES NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sununu added that the party should back away from redistricting and &ldquo;pin it on Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker&rdquo; in the hopes either of them run for president in 2028 since &ldquo;they would both be so easy to beat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), meanwhile, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3440307\/hakeem-jeffries-texas-redistricting-flip-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">welcoming the redistricting effort in Texas<\/a>, telling reporters it could &ldquo;open up four to six <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >swing seat opportunities&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that currently do not exist to Texas Democrats. Jeffries&rsquo;s party only needs to flip three seats to retake control of the House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2181996\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2181996\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sununu: Redistricting before 2026 elections harms all sides<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2467460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sununu-redistricting-huge-mistake-both-parties.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3728,5894,16985,20652,32076],"class_list":["post-2467459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election","tag-politics","tag-redistricting","tag-sununu","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sununu-redistricting-huge-mistake-both-parties.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467463,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467459\/revisions\/2467463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}