"Virginia voters narrowly passed a state constitutional amendment allowing Democratic legislators to rewrite the congressional maps, which may flip as many as four U.S. House seats."
"In a few Republican-controlled states, local lawmakers bucked pressure from national GOP leaders to redraw their maps, while state courts in Utah ruled a Republican-written map violated anti-gerrymandering laws."
"Trump's power grab gave Democrats an excuse to execute their own big-time gerrymanders in California and Virginia, potentially netting significant House seats."
"Florida offers the GOP one more opportunity to swipe House seats during a special legislative session called by Governor Ron DeSantis, despite a state constitutional provision banning intentional partisan gerrymandering."
Virginia voters passed a constitutional amendment enabling Democratic legislators to redraw congressional maps, which could result in flipping four U.S. House seats. There is bipartisan consensus that the gerrymandering efforts initiated by Donald Trump were detrimental. Some Republican-controlled states resisted national GOP pressure to redraw maps, while others faced legal challenges. Despite Trump's failed attempts to manipulate the midterms through gerrymandering, Republicans may still gain a slight advantage depending on remaining factors, particularly in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis proposed a new map that favors Republican districts.
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