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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 hasn't 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 democratic constituencies. you have a hispanic population growth in texas or in nevada, new mexico which co...

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. you've 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. they're going to start next month their process. for as long as anyone can remember, it's been a process where basically each house gets together, there are certainly ...

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 you're trying to get ahead of the game here. >> what i'm doing is communicating with my supporters to let them know that i'm facing a redistricting in which my district could be eliminated. now, that is -- redistricting is a function of the state legislature now controlled by the republicans. reports have been my district could very...

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 governor's association has done an outstanding job with the governor's 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 boundaries and whoever is in control in the state capitals and controling that process, you know, wields...

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 redistricting. states will now make the call based on information that will be released around the time of the...