Democrats’ response to a Republican gambit to safeguard the party’s precarious House majority by redrawing congressional districts has, so far, been more successful than the GOP plans that have run into legal roadblocks.
Spurred on by President Donald Trump, Republicans have tried to redraw congressional lines with a rare, mid-decade redistricting spree to create more GOP-friendly seats. But recent court rulings threaten some of those plans, and Democrats have responded with their own partisan map changes that could block any Republican advantage.
The latest GOP setback was a federal court’s ruling this week against a more Republican-friendly congressional map in ...