From WNYC Studios, it's Brian Lair, a daily politics podcast.

It's Thursday, April 28th.

We'll get details now of the New York State primaries thrown into chaos,

and along with them, Democrats' hopes of retaining

control of Congress in the midterm elections. Why New York's highest court yesterday threw out

the new congressional district lines as unconstitutional. State Senate districts too. We'll explain

how the lines might have to change to be more friendly to Republican candidates,

how there now may need to be two different primaries in the state this year.

And what about Texas and Florida and all those Republican-controlled states

that gerrymandar for their party's advantage and get away with it?

With us as WNYC and Gothamist New York State Capitol reporter John Campbell. Hi John, welcome

back to the show. Hi, Brian. Thank you. So how much did the district lines that the court

throughout add more likely seats for Democrats in Congress in New York State and take from Republicans?

So as of right now, New York has 27 congressional districts.

That's getting knocked down to 26 because of the latest census numbers.

But right now we have 19 Democrats and eight Republicans.

This map, which was drawn entirely by Democratic legislators in Albany,

it would have made for 22 Democratic districts and four Republican

districts. So that's a big swing. And it's one that, you know, national Democrats, they were hoping to

pick up a few seats in New York as they desperately cling to their majority in the House of Representatives.

But it's, it's now now it's a total wildcard.

We have no idea what this special master,

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