--- title: Eric Holder Met With Nancy Pelosi to Talk Redistricting description: Former Attorney General Eric Holder met privately with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to discuss a new redistricting project. canonical: https://time.com/4654328/eric-holder-nancy-pelosi-redistricting-obama/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-30T22:04:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:02:16.920Z article:section: Politics og:title: Holder Met With Pelosi to Talk About Redistricting og:description: As he and President Obama look ahead to 2020. og:url: https://time.com/4654328/eric-holder-nancy-pelosi-redistricting-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltced41e997aa22e5f/6988b7e7656a3f605abce94b/gettyimages-583550068.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Holder Met With Pelosi to Talk About Redistricting twitter:description: As he and President Obama look ahead to 2020. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltced41e997aa22e5f/6988b7e7656a3f605abce94b/gettyimages-583550068.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former Attorney General Eric Holder Met With Nancy Pelosi to Talk About Redistricting > Sponsored content. 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Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jan 30, 2017 10:04 PM UTC Former Attorney General [Eric Holder](http://time.com/3430820/barack-obama-eric-holder-resignation/) met privately with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill today to discuss a new [Democratic Congressional redistricting project](http://time.com/4606711/president-obama-democrats-coach/). The project, called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and led by former [President Obama and Holder](http://time.com/3727123/barack-obama-eric-holder-retirement/), has begun recruiting staff and donors and identifying key races in preparation for elections in 2017, 2018 and beyond. The group’s goal is to redraw House district lines in states across the country to better favor Democratic candidates. Districts are currently drawn to give Republicans an advantage in winning a majority in the House of Representatives: in the 2016 election, House Republican candidates won less than 49% of the nationwide popular vote, but won 55% of the seats in the House. A spokesman for Pelosi declined to comment on the meeting. As leader of the Democrats in the House, Pelosi has a high stake in ensuring the effort’s success. “It’s going very well,” said Holder when asked about the project as he entered Pelosi’s office. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4654328/eric-holder-nancy-pelosi-redistricting-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4654328/eric-holder-nancy-pelosi-redistricting-obama/"},"headline":"Former Attorney General Eric Holder Met With Nancy Pelosi to Talk About Redistricting","datePublished":"2017-01-30T22:04:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:02:16.920Z","description":"Former Attorney General Eric Holder met privately with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to discuss a new redistricting project.","url":"https://time.com/4654328/eric-holder-nancy-pelosi-redistricting-obama/","keywords":["Congress","house","Eric Holder","nancy pelosi","Census"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltced41e997aa22e5f/6988b7e7656a3f605abce94b/gettyimages-583550068.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltced41e997aa22e5f/6988b7e7656a3f605abce94b/gettyimages-583550068.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","caption":"Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4654328/eric-holder-nancy-pelosi-redistricting-obama/","name":"Former Attorney General Eric Holder Met With Nancy Pelosi to Talk About Redistricting"}}]}] ```