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What states could try to redistrict and add more GOP seats for the 2026 midterms after Supreme Court decision

CBS News put Mississippi in the national post-Callais redistricting watch, noting Reeves’ 21-day special-session timetable points to May 20 while also flagging the open question of whether congressional redistricting could be added to a call that was initially framed around state Supreme Court districts.

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CBS News put Mississippi in the national post-Callais redistricting watch, noting Reeves’ 21-day special-session timetable points to May 20 while also flagging the open question of whether congressional redistricting could be added to a call that was initially framed around state Supreme Court districts. This page keeps the item on-site so readers, feed subscribers, and search engines can land on a clean Mississippi-race URL first, then jump out to the cited reporting instead of skipping straight past the desk.

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