Analysis: House Democrats’ path back to the majority could run through the Supreme Court
— but the state could be tough legal terrain for Democrats. “Florida is a super-uphill battle, and we are clear-eyed about that because of the hostility of the judiciary in that state,” Jenkins said.The state Supreme Court rejected the new maps drawn by the state’s Republican-led redistricting commission in July and ordered commissioners to draw a new one by Aug. 18. They did not.
If Democrats prevail in Texas, he added, “they could open up the map for a more Republican-friendly map than we currently have.”who is an expert on redistricting, agreed that Democrats could pick up as many as a dozen House seats if they prevailed in all six states. But he also agreed with Kincaid that Texas Republicans might draw a map that’s worse for Democrats that the current one if plaintiffs win there.
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