GOP Mid-Decade Redistricting Flips Only Two of 15 Targeted Seats

President Donald Trump and Republicans launched an unusual mid-decade effort to redraw congressional maps, hoping to create GOP-leaning seats, but the strategy produced fewer gains than expected and gave Democrats opportunities to win newly competitive districts. Republicans flipped only two of the 15 seats they targeted, while Democrats won all five targeted seats in California and another in Utah; results remained unresolved in Florida and Louisiana. Democrats also countered with their own mapmaking efforts, and the redistricting fight is expected to continue. Indiana Republican leader Rod Bray argued that his state’s decision not to redraw its map may have prevented a severe GOP defeat, while North Carolina illustrated the risks of overreach when Republican mapmaker Tim Moore lost his seat to a Democrat.