Many lawsuits are pending against the new Texas district boundaries for U.S. House and state legislative districts. Most of the challenges are in federal court in the western district, and have been consolidated under League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v Abbott, 3:21cv-259. The state has already filed a brief to dismiss the cases, which are based on arguments that the districts injure racial and ethnic minorities. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.

The Texas primary is still scheduled for March 2022. Texas is the only state that is still planning a primary that early in 2022. However if these lawsuits result in changes, the primary will probably be postponed.

The Virginia State Board of Elections has posted the official election returns for November 2, 2021, for the three statewide executive positions and House of Delegates. See here.

For Governor, the percentages are: Republican 50.57%, Democratic 48.64%; Liberation .70%; miscellaneous write-ins .08%.

Ohio election law professor Edward “Ned” Foley here argues that Congress ought to pass a stand-alone election reform bill, specifically a bill to restrict partisan gerrymandering in congressional elections. Conceivably such a bill could pass, because both major parties suffer from partisan gerrymandering. Republicans suffer from it in Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, and New York. Democrats suffer from it in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.