Trump Gets Path to Revenge With Help From New Congressional Map

Some House members who impeached Trump could lose districts
History suggests GOP may win back House majority in 2022

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By Gregory Korte and Mark Niquette

March 15, 2021 at 6:00 AM UTC

Corrected

March 16, 2021 at 2:54 PM UTC

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Former President Donald Trump is vowing to take revenge on the Republicans who voted for his impeachment by backing candidates willing to take them on in a primary. But the new congressional map based on the 2020 Census may do some of the work for him.

Six of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are from states expected to lose congressional seats when legislatures redraw their districts based on state-level population data from the Census Bureau coming in April. And at least three live so close to their district boundary that it’s possible they’ll be moved to another district, potentially forcing them to run against another incumbent.