By Elizabeth Elkind | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月17日 美国东部时间下午4:30
众议员妮可·马利奥塔基斯是唯一代表纽约市的众议院共和党人
纽约市在众议院中唯一的共和党议员正请求美国最高法院阻止民主党支持的一项试图通过”种族操弄选区”将其挤出国会的举措。
纽约州共和党众议员妮可·马利奥塔基斯上周末向最高法院提交了一份请愿书，要求在11月中期选举前阻止州法院下令重新绘制纽约州国会选区地图。
上个月，在民主党律师马克·伊莱亚斯的律师事务所代表四名纽约居民提起诉讼后，纽约州最高法院裁定，马利奥塔基斯所在的选区不公平地削弱了黑人和拉丁裔选民的影响力。
马利奥塔基斯在2020年赢得的纽约州第11国会选区（NY-11）涵盖了整个史泰登岛和布鲁克林南部的一小部分。在马利奥塔基斯击败了一任民主党前众议员马克斯·罗斯后，这是纽约市唯一由共和党人代表的选区。
马利奥塔基斯在请愿书中辩称，曼哈顿法院”通过禁止纽约在对其选区进行种族操弄前举行国会选举，违反了平等保护条款”。
这位共和党女议员在最近接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时指出，她本人是拉丁裔，母亲逃离了古巴的共产主义政权。
“他们声称西班牙裔和少数族裔被剥夺了选举权，但我是第一个当选代表该选区的西班牙裔，这让这个说法更加荒谬，”马利奥塔基斯当时表示。
法官杰弗里·佩尔曼的州法院裁决发现，”史泰登岛的黑人和拉丁裔、亚裔选民的政治代表性和参政程度仍然落后于白人史泰登岛居民”，这违反了纽约州宪法。
佩尔曼的裁决称：”种族极化投票的证据表明，相关少数群体和白人选民都以集团方式投票，而少数群体偏好的候选人’通常’会失利。请愿人在此证明了这一点。”
马利奥塔基斯在最高法院的请愿书中表示，”纽约州立法机构两年前通过了第11国会选区目前的边界，立法机构中绝大多数黑人和拉丁裔成员投票支持这一划分。”
请愿书称，然而，该诉讼是在”不到四个月前提起的，理由是第11选区的黑人和拉丁裔选民（约占第11选区的23%）的选票被违宪稀释，因为他们选择的候选人只有25%的胜率”。
请愿书称，法院”通过种族操弄选区”的决定是”导致违宪混乱的配方”，目前没有确定的地图，无法确定2月24日是否可以开始提交提名请愿书，而且看不到结束的迹象。
但民主党人一直渴望将这个深蓝城市中唯一的共和党众议院议员边缘化。
纽约州民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯上月在一份声明中表示：”这项裁决是确保从史泰登岛到曼哈顿下城的利益共同体保持完整的第一步。”
纽约是卷入美国重新划分选区之战的几个州之一。
这场斗争始于去年的德克萨斯州，该州由共和党领导的立法机构重新绘制了国会选区地图，使共和党人获得了多达五个新的众议院席位优势。
加利福尼亚州很快效仿，制定了新地图，为民主党提供了同样的优势。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，主要报道众议院。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻担任数字专栏作家。
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Latina House Republican asks Supreme Court to block Dems’ bid to ‘racially gerrymander’ her out of Congress
By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News
Published February 17, 2026 4:30pm EST
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is the only House Republican representing New York City
New York City’s lone Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives is asking the highest court in the land to stop a Democrat-backed bid to gerrymander her seat in Congress.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., filed a petition with the Supreme Court late last week asking it to halt a state court-ordered redraw of New York’s congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections.
The New York State Supreme Court ruled last month that Malliotakis’ district unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters, following a lawsuit led by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias’ law firm on behalf of four New York residents.
New York’s 11th congressional district (NY-11), which Malliotakis won in 2020, encompasses all of Staten Island and a sliver of southern Brooklyn. It’s the only district in the Big Apple represented by a Republican after Malliotakis defeated one-term former Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y.
Malliotakis’ court petition argued that the Manhattan court “violated the Equal Protection Clause by prohibiting New York from running congressional elections until the state racially gerrymanders” her district.
The GOP congresswoman pointed out in a recent interview with Fox News Digital that she herself is Latino, with a mother who fled Cuba’s communist regime.
“The fact that they’re claiming somehow Hispanics and minorities are disenfranchised when I’m the first Hispanic elected to represent the district makes it even more ridiculous,” Malliotakis said at the time.
The state court decision by Justice Jeffrey Pearlman found that “Black, Latino, and Asian Staten Islanders’ political representation and participation in politics still lags behind White Staten Islanders” in violation of the New York State Constitution.
“A demonstration of racially polarized voting shows that the minority groups at issue vote as a bloc, as do White voters, and that the minority preferred candidates ‘usually’ lose,” Pearlman’s decision said. “Petitioners have demonstrated that here.”
Malliotakis’ Supreme Court petition said, “The New York State Legislature adopted CD11’s current boundaries two years ago, with an overwhelming majority of the Legislature’s Black and Latino members voting in favor of it.”
It argued that the lawsuit was brought, however, “less than four months ago under the theory that the votes of CD11’s Black and Latino voters — who comprise about 23% of CD11 — have been unconstitutionally diluted because their candidate of choice wins only 25% of the time.”
The petition said the court’s decision to “racially gerrymander” the district is a “recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty as to whether nominating petitions can start circulating on February 24, with no end in sight.”
But Democrats have been salivating at the idea of drawing out the deep-blue city’s lone House Republican.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement last month, “This ruling is the first step toward ensuring communities of interest remain intact from Staten Island to Lower Manhattan.”
New York is one of several states plunged into the redistricting battle that has gripped the United States.
It began last year in Texas, when the state’s GOP-led legislature redrew its congressional map to give Republicans an advantage of as many as five new House seats.
California soon followed suit, creating a new map giving Democrats the same advantage.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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