Republicans Shell Out Millions to Win Red Districts They Just Redrew

Republicans Shell Out Millions to Win Red Districts They Just Redrew

The GOP redrew these seats to flip them in the midterms. Now they’re spending millions to hold on as Democrats expand their lead.

GOP stomachs reality that redistricting math may not save them in midterms

Last year, when top GOP operatives brainstormed ways to defy historical trends pointing to a blue wave and hold onto the House, one of their top strategic bets was redistricting.

House Republicans Admit Their Gerrymandering Scheme Is Backfiring

Tom Emmer: “We’re not gonna win all 13 of those redistricted seats.” Republicans’ attempt to rig the midterm elections is backfiring, leaving them $100 million in the hole and scrambling to salvage districts they thought were slam dunks. That hubris is coming back to bite them — Axios and Punchbowl report that Republicans don’t even […]

Republicans’ unprecedented map gambit isn’t going as planned

Republicans spent much of the past year aggressively redrawing congressional maps to give themselves an advantage in the midterms. With Election Day approaching, the GOP has burned through a lot of money and is getting fewer results than expectedThe unprecedented mid-decade attempt by the GOP to redraw district boundaries has resulted in the creation of 14 new strongly Republican districts all over the country, but the Republicans are currently …

House GOP Leaders Admit Redistricting Fell Short

“House GOP leaders are now openly acknowledging that their mid-decade redistricting push didn’t work out as well as they’d hoped,” Axios reports. “Republicans kicked off the redistricting wars hoping new maps would give them a bigger cushion against the historical headwinds facing the president’s party.” “That advantage is looking a lot smaller than they envisioned.”