The decision, which will be appealed, could have an outsized impact on the 2022 midterm elections in November, when control of the closely divided U.S. Congress will be at stake.
The lawsuit, backed by Democratic and civil rights groups, had asserted that the new map ensures that Republicans will win a majority of the state's 14 congressional districts, even in elections in which more Democratic voters cast ballots.
"Despite our disdain for having to deal with issues that potentially lead to results incompatible with democratic principles and subject our State to ridicule, this Court must remind itself that these maps are the result of a democratic process," they wrote. The state's top court, which has a 4-3 Democratic majority, already delayed the primary election from March to May to allow time for the lawsuit to proceed.
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