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Looking to use the redistricting process there, thinking they could use it as a place to help them stave off a huge republican wave. the seats they carved up were struck down by a court and put in place a map that was frankly terrible for democrats and so theres a lot of sort of finger pointing out there no new york right now because had things gone differently, even republicans are saying that democrats could have likely kept the house. you see elise stephanic saying new york is the reason repu...

>> yeah, i mean, it all goes back to the redistricting process there, and democrats sort of bit off more than they could chew in trying to redraw maps in a way that heavily favored them so much that, you know, a state court threw the maps out. its a teachable moment i think for both parties that, you know, trying to sort of redraw or reshape, you know, the mechanics of an election to your advantage can really backfire in a big way, and sean patrick maloney is feeling that now. >> in that letter ...

Ballots in the high-stakes midterm elections taking place just a day from now. all 435 house seats, 35 of the senate seats, and 36 governors offices are all up for grabs. control of congress at stake, of course. and so is president joe bidens agenda. cnns john king and dana bash take a closer look at what to expect on tuesday. >> lets start in the house. >> 435 races in all under new lines because of the census two years ago, the redistricting process. as you know better than anybody, theyre not...

Redistricting process could end up becoming so called dummy manderrors. steve kornacki will be at the big board to break down where things are on the eve of election day. and the democratic nominee, cheri beasley. and well hear from abigail spamberger who has received the endorsement of liz cheney in her tight race for reelection in virginia. "morning joe" is just a few minutes. away ust a few minutes. awa ve health in older adults. its one more step towards taking charge of your health. so ...

Local officials in Michigan have rendered a mixed verdict on the state's new constitutionally mandated approach to redrawing electoral maps with the goal of reducing gerrymandering and promoting fairer elections. Only 24% of local officials are satisfied with the work of the Michigan Independent

Wayne and oakland counties, but were gonna talk about that, because due to redistricting, ill get that word right, its been redrawn and will be wholly encompassed in oakland county, come january. representative stevens is the first woman to represent the 11th district. shes up to her third term in congress this november. welcome. great to see you. >> great to have you back. >> you are sort of a mainstay of our visits to michigan. so, we appreciate. that first of all, i want to talk to you about ...

Youre really seeing this in races where the parties have nominated a candidate thats not able to compete in a general election, particularly against an incumbent. were seeing the national republican senatorial committee, for instance, saying, you know, its going to cut back on ads backing the republican senate candidate in new hampshire. a lot of races are happening in states or districts where theres an expensive media circuit. they need to decide is it worth pouring more of our scarce resource...

Measures, depicts jews being rounded up by gnazis. he declined to comment on this important reporting. new yorks most powerful democrat enforcing jerry nadler over carolyn maloney in next weeks contentious primary. chuck schumer is the first to choose between the two veteran committee chairs who ended up in the same district because of this years redistricting process. battleground money woes, the republican senate campaign committee canceling millions of dollars in ad buys across some of th...

President. that candidates name? ronald reagan. joining me now to discuss the groups effort is kelly burton, the president of the national democratic redistricting committee. kelly, great to have you. you organization is working to combat anti democratic -- against the country. tell us about with the endear c is doing in this current climate. >> thanks for having me here to talk about this. as you have noted throughout the show with 100 days left, there is one thing that is very clear and it is ...

Doctrine. it is basically this idea that state legislatures have basically supremacy over federal elections in their state, overruling state courts, et cetera. it could have really profound implications on federal elections going forward and the court says, yeah, were going to take up this issue. >> yeah, and people who have watched the redistricting process for years have always thought about, well, it gets kicked over -- a court takes it over, a state court and they look at it and theyre an in...