From Chuck Raasch

All told, 384 of 435 congressional district boundaries will be redrawn by state legislatures in 36 states, according to the National Democratic Redistricting Trust, an organization set up by Democrats to prepare for redistricting court fights. The rest are either in single-district states or states where commissions hold sway over new boundaries.

Redistricting is the process whereby congressional boundaries are redrawn every 10 years, based on new population numbers provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

“Political signs point to a Republican year in state legislative races this fall, and that could spell trouble for Democrats in Washington for years to come,” said Tim Storey, an analyst with the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures.

Storey said 27 state houses or senate chambers could change control to the other party.

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