Hudson sees map advantage Warns gains aren't assured

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Chad Pergram reports the Republican congressional-redistricting effort, recalling Trump's call for five Texas seats, Florida's hoped-for four additional seats and map efforts in Tennessee, Missouri and Louisiana. NRCC chair Richard Hudson says the map is more advantageous and the net result positive, but later warns that more favorable districts do not guarantee pickups. Abbott predicts large gains. DelBene says redistricting reflects Republicans' vulnerability and dilutes their vote; Stephen Farnsworth explains that spreading the base into marginal districts could yield no gains in an unfavorable climate. Pergram says Cook estimates four additional Republican-leaning seats. These are attributed assessments and forecasts, not election outcomes.

Fox airs NRCC chair Hudson saying new congressional maps are more advantageous for Republicans and have been positive, but favorable districts do not guarantee pickups. Pergram's report sets the assessment against earlier Republican targets, DelBene's vote-dilution argument, Farnsworth's marginal-district warning and Cook's four-additional-leaning-seat estimate. These are public statements and forecasts, not House results.