Morning Digest: North Carolina GOP plans to re-gerrymander House map, cementing new supermajority

_{The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from Daniel Donner, David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert and David Beard.}

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● NC Redistricting, NC State House: At a Wednesday press conference where state Rep. Tricia Cotham made her previously reported switch from the Democratic Party to the GOP official, Republican state House Speaker Tim Moore made some news of his own when he said his party expects to redistrict North Carolina's maps for Congress, the state Senate, and—most notably—the state House. While observers had long expected Republicans to revisit the first two maps, Moore's comments reveal that the GOP is in fact planning a much broader redraw than is allowed under state law.