Republicans Gain Big Edge In Redistricting Battle Over Dems

“During Donald Trump’s first midterm election, we won 40,” Chermol said. “Democrats only need to flip a fraction of that amount in November. We will take back the House in a few months.”

Not every Republican-controlled state embraced Trump’s redistricting push.

In South Carolina, the Republican-controlled Senate recently rejected a proposal that would have targeted longtime Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn.

Some GOP lawmakers argued it was too late to alter districts after early voting had already begun.

“Neither my conscience nor common sense will allow me to stop an election that has already begun,” Republican state Sen. Richard Cash said.