california, texas, florida and new york. those four states have 144 congressional districts. and the republicans were thinking that they will pick up seats. it looks like they are not going to. in fact this may be a draw when you get through with redistricting. you look at california, that is the largest state, california has an independent commission and that commission has come up with a plan that basically preserves the democratic majority which is pretty significant in california. and may provide for two or three additional democratic seats. and then new york, this is a state that has an independent commission, but it is deadlocked, the legislature general assembly will draw up districts and democrats totally control the restricting process and projections are that they may pick up four or five states. my home state of texas, 20 years ago the republicans had a massive partisan gerrymandering in texas and limg naeted six