Trump-backed Republican redistricting sought a midterm edge. It didn't work

Republicans in eight states redrew congressional district boundaries over the past year at Trump's urging to try to hold their House majority

Republicans lost most of the Democratic-held seats they targeted and got swept out of power by a Democratic surge

The redistricting plan fell flat in Alabama, Florida and Texas, was scuttled by courts in Missouri and defeated by its voters, and was offset by retaliatory Democratic redistricting in California

Texas Republicans reconfigured three heavily Latino Rio Grande Valley districts, but Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez won reelection, and Democrats unseated Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz

Over the past year: Republicans in eight states redrew congressional district boundaries at Trump's urging · Last year: Trump urged Texas Republicans to reshape U.S. House districts to win five additional seats · Before Tuesday's election: Missouri courts scuttled the Republican redistricting plan there · Tuesday: Missouri voters firmly defeated the redistricting plan · Tuesday: Democratic Reps. Cuellar, Gonzalez, Moskowitz, Castor, Figures and Dandiya won reelection in redrawn districts, and Democrats unseated Republican Monica De La Cruz · Tuesday: Maryland voters approved a constitutional amendment easing Democratic redistricting

The outcome of the close North Carolina race between Republican Rep. Greg Murphy and Democratic challenger Raymond Smith was not yet decided