{"id":1415990,"date":"2022-04-02T09:14:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T13:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415990"},"modified":"2022-04-02T09:14:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T13:14:38","slug":"republicans-score-last-minute-redistricting-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-score-last-minute-redistricting-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Score Last-Minute Redistricting Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-score-last-minute-redistricting-victories%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">h<\/span>ave been making a roaring fourth-quarter comeback in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redistricting<\/a> process, eking out some last-minute victories that could offset some of the gains Democrats procured earlier in the year. <\/p>\n<p>Legal triumphs in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ohio-supreme-court-refuses-congressional-redistricting-case-until-after-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a>, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/court-strikes-down-marylands-congressional-map-in-blow-to-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a>, and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/court-tosses-new-york-congressional-map-in-major-victory-for-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> during recent days have put the Democrats on their back feet and prompted the<i> Cook Political<\/i> <i>Report<\/i> to <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1508890561897537544\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lower<\/a><\/u> its estimate for Democrats\u2019 net favorable seat gain to 1-2, down from the 4-5 estimate the group released weeks prior. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think that Democrats spent a lot of time crowing \u2014 they were spiking the football at the end of the third quarter. We knew then, like I&#8217;m saying now, that we were exactly where we thought we were going to be at this at that point,\u201d Adam Kincaid, the president and executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>Each seat is crucial to both parties in redistricting, the decennial line-drawing process after the nationwide census. House Republicans need to net five seats in the 435-member chamber to reclaim the majority the party lost in 2018. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/court-tosses-new-york-congressional-map-in-major-victory-for-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COURT TOSSES NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL MAP IN MAJOR VICTORY FOR REPUBLICANS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Republicans inherited victories from the last round of redistricting in 2011, and they began this cycle defending a favorable baseline as a result. Adding to their good fortunes, the most recent census took seats away from blue states such as California and New York and increased seats in red states such as Texas and Florida. But Democrats quickly began outmaneuvering Republicans in court, raking in key victories in North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and more. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublican Twitter is panicking because it has realized that the GOP has not won a single redistricting lawsuit. Not one,\u201d Democratic campaign lawyer Marc Elias boasted on <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceelias\/status\/1495847043746701324?s=20&#038;t=VVUJ-Gfm4cS_3S82syTcaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/u> in late February. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans are so upset about our redistricting litigation victories, they are now complaining about the states we are not suing,\u201d Elias <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceelias\/status\/1501275525347778564?s=20&#038;t=qWDPa7jQKR7uzW1gConyzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a><\/u> a few weeks later. <\/p>\n<p>Then came a blow from the Old Line State on March 25. A Maryland court <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/court-strikes-down-marylands-congressional-map-in-blow-to-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck down<\/a><\/u> a state map that made the state\u2019s sole Republican district competitive for Democrats. Another snag soon followed when the Supreme Court of Ohio announced last Tuesday it would not take up a case against the state\u2019s congressional map until <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ohio-supreme-court-refuses-congressional-redistricting-case-until-after-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after the primary<\/a><\/u> \u2014 seemingly running out the clock on Democratic hopes of changing the map for the election cycle. On Wednesday, Louisiana\u2019s GOP Legislature <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/louisiana-legislature-overrides-veto-and-enacts-congressional-map-favorable-to-gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overrode a veto<\/a><\/u> by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and enacted a map that keeps the status quo of five Republican House members to one Democrat. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, on Thursday, a New York court took aim at the Democrats\u2019 golden goose, <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/court-tosses-new-york-congressional-map-in-major-victory-for-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enjoining<\/a><\/u> the state\u2019s congressional map, which had been poised to give the party a minimum of a three-seat pickup. <\/p>\n<p>Elias <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceelias\/status\/1509657992895123459?s=20&#038;t=E-xiQB3hxe2l3nf-KsSKhA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contended<\/a><\/u> the New York ruling would be stayed upon appeal, likely leaving the map in place for the 2022 elections and its fate undetermined for future races. Maryland&#8217;s redistricting process could also still line up with state Democrats&#8217; intended effect, with at least seven House members from their party to a single Republican, Rep. Andy Harris, in the state&#8217;s conservative eastern edge \u2014 though under the right political conditions, even Harris&#8217;s seat could be vulnerable, which would give Maryland Democrats an 8-0 House delegation shutout. <\/p>\n<p>Still, in Ohio, Republicans will likely get a more favorable map for 2022, Dave Wasserman, a national elections analyst for the<i> Cook Political Report<\/i>, told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Maryland, Republicans are likely to get a more favorable map,&#8221; but &#8220;it remains to be seen whether Democrats\u2019 remedial plan will pass court muster,\u201d Wasserman said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: a Maryland court has struck down Democrats&#8217; 7D-1C-0R map as an illegal partisan gerrymander, the first such state-level victory in the GOP&#8217;s direction. If replaced w\/ a neutral map, this could end up costing Dems 1-2 seats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ceMsDlJfzB\">pic.twitter.com\/ceMsDlJfzB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1507439887540273155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a>\n             <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As for Ohio, the redistricting picture \u201cis still a bit murky. But it appears that Republicans have successfully run out the clock on challenges and time for the 2022 cycle.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Ohio&#8217;s US House map likely to stand, here&#8217;s how I rate it.<\/p>\n<p>OH-01: Tossup, currently R held<br \/>OH-02: Safe R<br \/>OH-03: Safe D<br \/>OH-04 thru OH-08: Safe R<br \/>OH-09: Lean R (flip)<br \/>OH-10: Safe R<br \/>OH-11: Safe D<br \/>OH-12: Safe R<br \/>OH-13: Tossup, currently D held<br \/>OH-14 and OH-15: Safe R <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQ3NtHShsR\">pic.twitter.com\/CQ3NtHShsR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\udf29Andrew\ud83c\udf29 (@AndrewDahDude) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewDahDude\/status\/1509187859902869512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a>\n             <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/new-house-maps-not-the-electoral-bonanza-many-republicans-expected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW HOUSE MAPS NOT THE ELECTORAL BONANZA MANY REPUBLICANS EXPECTED<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>While Republicans appear to be experiencing a resurgence in the final stretch of the redistricting clash, they had been dogged by prior local electoral defeats in states such as <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-picks-congressional-map-favorable-to-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a><\/u> and <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/north-carolina-adopts-congressional-map-favorable-to-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a><\/u>. Democratic control over the courts enabled them to stymie any Republican attempts to gain ground in those states and likely secured one seat in North Carolina while taking one away from the GOP in Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe allowed Barack Obama and Eric Holder to outmaneuver the Republican committees in those states and the RNC,\u201d Chris Christie, a co-chairman of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/23\/redistricting-court-pennsylvania-north-carolina-00011083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bemoaned<\/a><\/u> to reporters in February. \u201cWe can\u2019t take for granted these Supreme Court elections and what impact they can have on the maps.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another problem has been self-inflicted \u2014 the GOP has been ensnared in intraparty melees in Florida, New Hampshire, and Missouri \u2014 states over which they enjoy full control. Both Florida Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/desantis-vetoes-gop-backed-florida-congressional-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> and New Hampshire Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/new-hampshire-governor-unveils-competitive-congressional-map-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Sununu<\/a> have vetoed congressional maps from their Republican Legislatures \u2014 but for opposite reasons. DeSantis wants a more aggressive map, while Sununu asked for a bipartisan one. <\/p>\n<p>With primaries slated to take place in August and September respectively, the two states have ample time to sort through their differences. Missouri, by contrast, has already blown through a critical deadline failing to pass a map before the March 29 cutoff for candidates to file. Republicans in the state House touted a moderate map in January, but the Republican-led state Senate rejected that in favor of something more aggressive \u2014 leading to many back-and-forths. If Republicans fail to resolve the impasse, it could get kicked to the courts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think where we have control, the most important thing is to draw a map \u2014 there&#8217;s no reason to turn over the power to draw districts to a court when you have full control over the process,\u201d Kincaid said. \u201cRepublicans are having a hard time getting on one page.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Still, with Republicans in control of those three states, they are still expected to attain a favorable outcome. <\/p>\n<p>Kincaid maintained that Republicans &#8220;have raised their floor significantly&#8221; this redistricting round, while &#8220;Democrats have raised their floor a little bit, and the number of competitive seats has gone down.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get into this fall, you&#8217;re going to have a lot of seats gettable for Republicans,\u201d Kincaid stressed. \u201cAnd I think we&#8217;ll be able to hold them in future cycles. That&#8217;s been the goal.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There are four states without legally binding maps: Florida, Maryland, Missouri, and New Hampshire. About a dozen states have pending lawsuits that could change the outlet. Some of the lawsuits, such as the ones pending in New York and Ohio as well as a <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2022\/03\/justices-decline-to-reinstate-gop-backed-congressional-voting-maps-in-north-carolina-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">possible future<\/a><\/u> Supreme Court case over North Carolina&#8217;s map, could result in changes after the 2022 election. <\/p>\n<p><b><u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Wasserman predicted Democrats will have an edge \u2014 just less of an advantage than what they appeared to have a few weeks ago. He believes this round of redistricting was \u201ca mixed bag,\u201d with the two parties missing key opportunities but seizing others. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats in Illinois didn&#8217;t draw as blue districts as they could have outside of Chicago,\u201d Wasserman said. \u201cRepublicans didn\u2019t take maximum advantage of opportunities to eliminate Democratic seats in places like Kentucky and Indiana. They still were fairly aggressive in Tennessee and Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans have been making a roaring fourth-quarter comeback in the redistricting process, eking out some last-minute victories that could offset some of the gains Democrats procured earlier in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}