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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

The gerrymandering wars continue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. As a New York state judge orders a new house map that could

cost Republicans a seat on Staten Island. Plus, the Trump administration official dismisses

measles' outbreaks as a cost of doing global business.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined today by my colleagues on the journal's opinion pages, columnists Kim Strassel and Alicia Finley.

President Trump helped to kick off an unusual round of mid-decade redistricting last year

when he pressured Texas to redo its U.S. House map, hoping Republicans could pick up a few seats

here and there and help Speaker Mike Johnson retain his slim majority in November's elections.

But California has now responded in kind, and the

tit for tat isn't over yet. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis this month called a special legislative

session for April to help the GOP perhaps pick up another few seats. The Virginia legislature,

meantime, is moving a constitutional amendment that would let lawmakers redistrict again

before the midterm elections if voters approve that in coming months.

Kim, starting out with the big picture, is it too early to take a guess at the final scoreboard

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