What Eric Holder has said about Redistricting in the United States
4 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 25, 2026
Eric Holder, Former U.S. Attorney General under Obama, has been quoted on Redistricting in the United States 4 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on October 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
- Prediction · due Nov 2026
Holder estimated Republicans would gain at most five and most likely zero to two seats from their mid-decade redistricting push.
“Our best guess now is that their maximum number is five. The more likely number is between zero and two”
Pod Save America: Stopping the Steal with Eric Holder (Oct 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:45
Holder said the Texas gerrymander was dismantled through court action and public protests in states like Georgia and South Carolina.
“that thing didn't fail. It was dismantled. because of things that we did in court”
Pod Save America: Stopping the Steal with Eric Holder (Oct 25, 2026) · Listen from 44:58
- Prediction · due Dec 2027
Holder predicted Republicans would attempt further redistricting in 2027 in states such as Indiana and Mississippi.
“Next year in 2027, they'll try to go back to Indiana, is my guess, Mississippi”
Pod Save America: Stopping the Steal with Eric Holder (Oct 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:46
Holder called for a federal law banning partisan gerrymandering and mid-cycle redistricting, adjusting the filibuster if necessary, under a future Democratic trifecta.
“to pass a bill that bans partisan gerrymandering, that bans mid-cycle redistricting”
Pod Save America: Stopping the Steal with Eric Holder (Oct 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:11
Predictions
- Prediction · due Nov 2026
Holder estimated Republicans would gain at most five and most likely zero to two seats from their mid-decade redistricting push.
“Our best guess now is that their maximum number is five. The more likely number is between zero and two”
Pod Save America: Stopping the Steal with Eric Holder (Oct 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:45 · Redistricting in the United States
- Prediction · due Dec 2027
Holder predicted Republicans would attempt further redistricting in 2027 in states such as Indiana and Mississippi.
“Next year in 2027, they'll try to go back to Indiana, is my guess, Mississippi”
Pod Save America: Stopping the Steal with Eric Holder (Oct 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:46 · Redistricting in the United States
Episodes
Stopping the Steal with Eric HolderPod Save America · Oct 25, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Alex Wagner and former Attorney General Eric Holder discuss how Trump might interfere with the 2026 midterms, Democratic countermeasures, and the fight over mid-decade gerrymandering.
Others on Redistricting in the United States
- Dan Pfeiffer · 4 quotes
- Gina Hinojosa · 2 quotes
- Jon Favreau · 2 quotes
- Amy Walter · 1 quote
- Heather Williams · 1 quote
- Tommy Vietor · 1 quote
- Megyn Kelly · 1 quote
Eric Holder on other topics
- 2026 United States midterm elections · 4 quotes
- United States Department of Justice · 3 quotes
- Election certification in the United States · 2 quotes
- Noncitizen voting allegations · 2 quotes
- 2026 United States Senate election in Alaska · 1 quote
- Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1 quote
- Supreme Court of the United States · 1 quote
- Postal voting in the United States · 1 quote