ADDITIONALLY, IN MARYLAND AND NEVADA, REDRAWING MULTIPLE VRA-COMPLIANT DISTRICTS COULD KNOCK OFF EACH STATE’S LONE GOP CONGRESSMAN. TOGETHER, THESE GERRYMANDERS COULD GIVE DEMOCRATS 12 MORE SEATS IN THE HOUSE, COMPARED TO REPUBLICANS ESTIMATED 15-PLUS PICKUP IN THE SOUTH. “THAT DOESN’T EVEN INCLUDE CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS ON THE BRINK OF HANDING DEMOCRATS FIVE MORE SEATS THROUGH A BALLOT MEASURE,” SAID STERN, CITING CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS’ PLAN TO NEUTRALIZE BLATANT REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDERS IN TEXAS. BUT AFTER THE ROBERTS COURT DISSOLVES THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, CALIFORNIA COULD ENACT “AN EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE GERRYMANDER THAT AWARDS DEMOCRATS SEVERAL MORE SEATS.”