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The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a state judge from redrawing the congressional district held by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY).
Malliotakis, who is the lone Republican representative in New York City, filed an emergency application to keep her district in place for the 2026 midterm elections.
House Republican Submits Emergency Filing To Supreme Court Over District Redraw
The Hill has more:
The high court’s intervention marks a new twist in the legal battle that has rippled through New York’s state judiciary and thrown the future of New York’s 11th Congressional District into question. It marks a victory for Republicans, who had been bracing for the possibility that the district would swing to Democrats if it was redesigned ahead of the midterm elections.
A state judge had ordered the boundaries be redrawn after ruling the district dilutes Black and Latino voting strength in violation of the state constitution.
The Supreme Court granted Malliotakis’s emergency application to block that ruling as the litigation proceeds, effectively restoring her existing district lines for the midterms.
The ruling appeared to split along ideological lines, with the three liberal justices publicly dissenting. Justice Samuel Alito voted in Malliotakis’s favor, saying the state judge’s order “blatantly discriminates on the basis of race,” while the other conservatives did not publicly disclose their votes.
“Despite having a voter registration advantage in New York’s 11th Congressional District, Democrats can’t beat me on merit, policy and debate. So what do they do? They file a meritless lawsuit claiming our district disenfranchises minorities to take out the first minority to represent the district and steal our seat,” Malliotakis previously said.
“We will not allow them, or a judge who previously served as chief of staff for Kathy Hochul, to silence the voters of our district. We will use every legal option at our disposal, including an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, to protect the voices of the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn and we are very confident that we will prevail at the end of the day,” she added.
Despite having a voter registration advantage in New York’s 11th Congressional District, Democrats can’t beat me on merit, policy and debate. So what do they do? They file a meritless lawsuit claiming our district disenfranchises minorities to take out the first minority to… pic.twitter.com/QsP4swEqUu
— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) January 22, 2026
CNN shared further:
Republicans appealed the decision in state courts, but also came up to the US Supreme Court in February with an emergency appeal.
They argued that state voters were entitled to “conduct their congressional elections under the lawful map that the New York Legislature adopted starting on February 24, free from a judicial mandate that violates multiple provisions of the United States Constitution.”
Democrats urged the Supreme Court to stay out of the case and countered that the dispute dealt with state law.
“It is New York courts, not federal courts, that should decide how to balance competing interests in minimizing disruptions to state-law election-calendar dates and in ensuring that the state’s election district map is lawful,” Democrats told the Supreme Court in written briefing.
New York’s primary election will take place on June 23.
A state appeals court sided with the Democrats in the dispute, clearing the way for the commission to redraw the district.