Republicans in eight states redrew dozens of congressional districts over the past year at the urging of President Donald Trump, seeking an edge in the midterm elections. The effort did not produce the results Republicans hoped for, the report said. Republicans lost most of the Democratic-held seats they had targeted and also lost some seats they had expected to keep.
The plan fell flat in Alabama, Florida and Texas, the report said. Courts blocked it in Missouri, and voters there rejected it on Tuesday. In California, a Democratic redistricting effort flipped seats that had been held by Republicans.
In Texas, Republicans reshaped three heavily Latino districts in the Rio Grande Valley to try to unseat Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez. Both won reelection. Democrats instead unseated Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a statement that voters chose a new Democratic majority. An AP Voter Poll found that about 6 in 10 people disapprove of how Trump is handling the presidency.