Ashley Lopez

The Virginia Supreme Court has yet to rule on the challenges to this redistricting effort.

So, I mean, that could potentially stop any new districts from being used in this year's elections.

I mean, believe it or not, with Virginia, this is all pretty much a wash or even like maybe a slight edge for Democrats right now.

In short, California Democrats were able to offset potential gains that Republicans tried to make in Texas and Virginia was basically offset by some new GOP favored seats in states like North Carolina and Missouri.

And I mean, I think it's just worth reflecting on the fact that no party has walked away from this fight with a meaningful edge here.

President Trump started this last year by asking Texas to get him some more seats in Congress.

And I think the GOP underestimated that Democrats would respond in kind.

And I want to stress how much time and resources have been spent on all this.

Virginia's election alone brought in millions of dollars worth of ads, not to mention the cost of special elections and special sessions in the various states that redrew their maps.

Yeah, I mean, things could still change.

For one, there's Florida.

The state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, called a special session at the end of the month in an effort to get his party some more seats in the state.

And then, of course, there's this big case before the Supreme Court that could strike down the Voting Rights Act, which could set off some more redraws, particularly in the South.

But because of filing deadlines, I will say the more time goes on, the less likely it is that states will change their maps.

There just won't be enough time considering primaries have either started or already taken place in some states.

And this summer, most states will have had their primary elections.

Yeah, thank you.

There's some actual suspense here in this election.

Unlike when California passed a similar ballot measure last year, this doesn't look like it will definitely pass.

That's not entirely surprising, right?