with results that could impact american elections for a decade. and like many things in 2022, it has become a partisan battle. the north carolina supreme court just said the state's plans to redraw district maps are unconstitutional. the maps drawn by republican lawmakers would have given the gop a sizable, by the way, advantage. and then in ohio, you have state republicans there trying again. the state supreme court shot down the gop plans to give republicans five extra seats. now, they're trying to push through a different version that would give republicans a 20-seat advantage. but despite all of these cases, the cook political report says this probably will not hurt democrats. dave wassermann handles all things redistricting for the cook political report. and joins us now to explain how all of this is going to work. thanks for joining us on this and appreciate you walking us through this, the abcs of it all, bought it can get confusing. you have these new district lines, either complate or