Anderson now, CNN can project that the redistricting effort in Virginia has prevailed.

That means the vote yes side, which largely will give Democrats up to four more seats in the House of Representatives,

has defeated the vote on no side.

You can see the numbers there on your screen.

They are still coming in.

And one of the reasons that we are projecting this now is that the vote in a Fairfax County, which is a largely Democratic area, often slow to come in on election nights, but it's now beginning to come in. So when you look at that as well as the Democratic vote in other Democratic strong areas, this is what is projecting the yes side of this. Anderson, if you step back at this,

really a year into this redistricting fight that the president started with the Texas effort,

followed by California and now Virginia. It really is about a wash now. And in fact,

Democrats will prevail slightly in the overall map in terms of the number

of seats that have picked up. So largely the gambit that the president started about a year

ago to try and help his House a majority in November has been erased entirely. The enthusiasm

is still on the Democratic side. There's no doubt. There will be long-term questions about

this Virginia redistricting effort, going from six Democrats and five Republicans to 10 Democrats and

one Republicans. But clearly, as so many voters have been mentioning to us over the weeks,

fight fire with fire. So that's what Democrats did there.

So for Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, who clearly was central to this effort to push Virginia Democrats to go to the map and really expand this significantly, this is a major win for him.

So overall, the vote yes side is going to prevail. CNN is a projecting. So a big deal in the midterm election fight now just six months away here in DC Anderson.

Anderson had that mini magic wall with me because we're on the road. We can show it on a bigger screen to our viewers and you can see 51 to 49 or 51 to 50 if you round that up which of course

it's not math that works but it's a nail biter we have a nail biter in this critical piece of

mid-decade redistricting chess and tonight it's the commonwealth of virginia no meaning do not

redraw the map do not help the democrats get more seats is leading at the moment but you see that

tiny margin 22,000 votes.

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