Welcome back to election night in America.

We're standing by to take New York City mayor-elect Zora Mamdani's victory speech as we're watching these long lines of voters on the West Coast, still looking to cast their ballots in that California redistricting fight.

CNN's David Chalian is looking at the redistricting fight going on all across the country, David.

Jake, as you know, Democrats are very eager to see what will happen in California tonight

because this is where they've mounted a comeback to what Republicans have been doing

nationwide about redrawing districts in the middle of the decade to try to get an advantage in the battle for the House.

Look at this. This is the current House of Representatives as it occurred in last year's election.

Democrats are only, that's the magic number three, three seats away from winning the majority.

But what has happened since last year? Republicans have started redrawing

the districts. First, in Texas, where they added potentially five seats. Look at that. That

magic number is now eight. Where did Republicans go next? They went to Missouri. And they did

redistricting there in the middle of the decade

and squeezed an extra potential seat there. In North Carolina, see that number keep going up.

Now Democrats are 10 seats away from the majority. Then in Ohio, with a court-ordered redistricting,

you see that Republicans could squeeze out two two additional seats there they're up to 12

seats they moved the the the democratic number that they need three up to 12 they made it a much

taller mountain to climb for democrats to win the house so what are democrats looking for in

california tonight well if they are successful, see that magic

number? It just dropped to seven. Democrats, if they win, Prop 50 tonight, would potentially get

five seats out of California. Seven puts the House majority much closer again to what Democrats

need in order to get the majority, changes. All right, fascinating stuff.

David Chalien, thanks so much.

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