Arkansas Democrats flipped roughly twice as many state Legislature seats as they expected, and their chair blamed gerrymandering for their failure to win a federal seat.
Why it matters: The gains give Democrats more leverage in the state House and renewed hope of winning congressional seats, despite losses at the statewide and federal levels.
The latest: The AP finally called the U.S. congressional race for Republican Rep. French Hill with a 4,405-vote lead — taking just under 51% of the vote — over Democrat Chris Jones at 11am.
- Chris Jones conceded the race.
Democratic Party of Arkansas Chair Marcus Jones blamed the loss on Republican gerrymandering. “The margin and the difference would have been a … completely different outcome if we had not had that second district gerrymandered … and how it broke up along racial lines in Pulaski County,” he said…