Midterm election tests Republican-redrawn congressional maps across nine states

Republicans and Democrats redrew congressional maps in nine states before the November 3 midterms, testing whether the new districts deliver the House majority both parties seek.

• Republicans redrew congressional districts in eight states and Democrats in California ahead of the November 3 election, alongside a court-ordered redraw in Utah.
• In April, the US Supreme Court ruled that legal challenges to such maps must prove "racist intent" to succeed.
• Houston Representative Al Green, whose 9th district was redrawn to favour Republicans, lost his primary to fellow Democrat Christian Menefee.
• Republicans hoped to net at least 13 seats nationally, with about 35 million voters casting ballots in newly redrawn districts.