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Some Democratic-led states countered with their own redistricting.

but Republicans lost most of the Democratic-held seats they had targeted to flip, as NPR's Miles Parks reports.

The effort

basically failed.

One takeaway there is that redrawing maps based on shifting political dynamics is a pretty dangerous game.

It can backfire, right? It's also hard not to wonder whether all of this messing with the system potentially energized Democrats in some of these places to turn out.

NPR's Miles Parks reporting.

It was a historic night for the Democratic Socialists of America last night, where a record number of candidates endorsed by the organization and its local chapters were elected to the House of Representatives.

It is the NPR Politics Podcast at 1.20 a.m. Wednesday, November 4th, the day after Election Day.

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All right.

We'll leave it there for now, but we will be back in your feed later today with more analysis.

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We've done much more than I promised.

The races that will decide control of Congress are spread across the country as NPR's Miles Parks reports local officials may face pressure and scrutiny they've never experienced.

Voting officials

in presidential swing states like Georgia and Arizona are now used to the spotlight that comes with running elections in an age of chronic distrust.

She has a word of advice for local officials in competitive districts this year.

I've told them all, you better be on your game.

Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs has declared a state of emergency following recent heavy rain and flooding.

Any good beat reporter relies on tips from sources they've cultivated over the years.

And it was a tip from a local election official that helped NPR voting correspondent Miles Parks break a story that the Department of Justice had begun notifying places it wants to monitor on Election Day.

We had confirmed about 15 different counties who had received them, like you mentioned, in blue, red and purple places.

So we were starting to get that.

Consider this.

President Trump's name won't appear on any ballot in Tuesday's elections, but he's making his presence felt at polling stations across the country.

Coming up, we hear from NPR voting correspondent Miles Parks about the concerns election officials have.

From NPR, I'm Sasha Pfeiffer.

Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers.

My condolences to Miles Parks, who's a huge Tampa Bay Rays fan.

Good for them for getting there.

But now the next big event is going to be the Super Bowl, and Jay-Z is going to be headlining.

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