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Legislative wins that well positioned the republican party to redraw the maps in states where the legislators and governors control that redistricting process still there are some obstacles and challenges they have to overcome and that will probably bode well for the democratic party and that is namely the content of the population shift hasnt been defined necessarily on ethnicity and race and religion and education but when one looks fort an further and r into it most of them come from democrat...

Off or increased. the remainder, leave it up to the lakers. the new lines are often a result of back room deals, and here to break down the redistricting process is local politics report for "the washington post," mike debonis. youve been watching virginia, one of the first to complete their redistricting. how has the process unfolded there? this is being done by the lawmakers. >> in virginia, likenmo placesthlaakers awhe owma. theyre going to start next month their process. for as long as anyon...

Tr stands to be eliminated in the redistricting process. >> yeah, and the criticisms that you have levied as well as others is this redistricting process will not favor you or favor the party in power. i mean, how severely do you think this might affect you? i know youre trying to get ahead of the game here. >> what im doing is communicating with my supporters to let them know that im facing a redistricting in which my district could be eliminated. now, that is -- redistricting is a function of ...

Sink. >> shannon: let me ask you both quickly the republicans have gotten very involved in a lot of the gu gubernatorial races across the country. why are they so important for 2010? >> the republican governors association has done an outstanding job with the governors races across the country. the reason why this is so important is that the governors will be controlling the redistricting process and we will have the new census results and they will be redrawing the congressional district bounda...

Back to you. >> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. thank you. the labor department is reversing bush administration rules that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign workers. new regulations taking effect next month will require jobs to be potioned on an electronic registry in order to give domestic workers first shot. it also mandates a wage increase of about $1 an hour. the administration is changing the policy about how prison inmates factor in to post census redistrict...

Back to you. >> bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. thank you. the labor department is reversing bush administration rules that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign workers. new regulations taking effect next month will require jobs to be potioned on an electronic registry in order to give domestic workers first shot. it also mandates a wage increase of about $1 an hour. the administration is changing the policy about how prison inmates factor in to post census redistrict...

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Numbers. then we have the flip side. we have the states losing congressional seats which are ohio and new york, theyre losing the most, each losing two. then wrillinois, iowa, louisian massachusetts, michigan, missouri, new jersey and pennsylvania, theyre all losing one. in all, if you look at this through a political lens it appears republicans are gaining the most advantage from the new numbers. most of the states were seeing population increases are republican leaning states and republicans m...

>> reporter: the importance of the government races and the redistricting process through the final two years of president obamas term is hardly lost on the white house. accordingly, democratic sources confirm to molly line today that the president will travel to boston on october 16 to stump and raise money for governor patrick, his friend and former harvard law school classmate. bret? >> bret: thank you. now to senate races and probably the most unusual one in the country in alaska. the curren...