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Even if successful, the redistricting math still seemed to favor Republicans, with more red states able to easily pursue a mid-decade redraw than blue states.

Next year’s gubernatorial race is in flux, after former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla decided not to run and Proposition 50, the successful Democratic effort to redraw congressional districts, consumed all of the political oxygen during an off-year election.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is now the biggest donor supporting Proposition 50, the November ballot measure that would redraw California’s congressional districts.

His public efforts to encourage Indiana's leaders to redraw their congressional maps to favour Republicans before the 2026 midterm elections hit a potentially critical roadblock on the same day as the Epstein vote.

Just before the election, Virginia Democrats signaled they are ready to redraw their congressional map, and after they decimated the GOP in the Nov. 4 election, they will soon be in a position to do it.