共和党人试图通过重划国会选区来避免选举失利的策略，在周二晚间于全国大部分地区适得其反。
Republicans' gambit to stave off election losses by changing congressional maps backfired in most of the country on Tuesday night.
尽管共和党主导的多个州竭力重新划分选区以赋予本党优势，民主党人仍在一场史无前例的中期选举表现中，横扫了双方争夺的众议院席位以及被视为共和党安全地盘的地区。
Democrats swept both battleground House seats and areas considered safe GOP territory in an unprecedented midterm election performance, despite the best efforts by Republican-led states to redistrict in multiple states to give their party an edge.
“这绝对是错误的一步，”一位众议院共和党人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“政治学中的一条真理就是永远不要过度扩张。我们这么做了，而这就是遭到反噬的部分原因。”另一位人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，在受选区重划影响尤为严重的各州，共和党人数月来一直警告本州州长，这可能是个坏主意。“这太过分了，而且显然这座桥在他们身后炸毁了，”该人士说。
"It was definitely the wrong move," one House Republican told Fox News Digital. "One of the truisms in politics is never to overreach. We did and that was part of the reason for the backlash." Republicans in states that were particularly affected by redistricting had been warning their governors for months that it could be a bad idea, another person told Fox News Digital. "It's a bridge too far, and clearly the bridge blew up behind them," that person said.
在得克萨斯州，共和党领导的州政府修改了国会选区地图，使共和党在五个选区获得优势，而民主党预计将至少赢得其中三个。
In Texas, where the GOP-led state government altered the congressional map to give Republicans an advantage in five districts, Democrats are projected to win at least three.
尽管共和党人竭力争取，得克萨斯州民主党众议员维森特·冈萨雷斯和亨利·奎利亚尔仍成功保住了席位，民主党还赢得了新重划的第35国会选区。其余两个选区尚未有结果。
Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, managed to hold onto their seats despite Republicans' efforts, and Democrats also won the newly redrawn 35th Congressional District. The remaining two have not been called.
美国看到了蓝色浪潮的到来——但严重低估了民主党海啸的规模。佛罗里达州共和党人预计将失去他们为本党利益而划定的全部四个众议院席位。现任佛罗里达州民主党众议员凯西·卡斯托和贾里德·莫斯科维茨预计将赢得各自被改动的选区，政治新人皮娅·丹迪亚也将在其偏共和党的选区获胜。
AMERICA SAW THE BLUE WAVE COMING — BUT DRASTICALLY UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE DEM TSUNAMI Florida Republicans are on pace to lose all four House seats they drew to favor their party. Incumbent Reps. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., and Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., are projected to win their respective altered districts, along with political newcomer Pia Dandiya in her red-leaning seat.
佛罗里达州民主党众议员达伦·索托此前被认为将受“阳光州”共和党人举措的冲击最大，他目前在一场仍难分胜负的竞选中以微弱优势领先。
Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., who was expected to be hardest-hit by Sunshine State Republicans' efforts, is narrowly leading in a race that's still too close to call.
但总体而言，值得注意的是，周二晚上佛罗里达州对共和党来说是一个亮点。佛罗里达州共和党众议员拜伦·唐纳兹赢得了州长竞选，所有共和党现任议员都保住了席位。
Overall, however, it's worth noting that Florida was a bright spot for the GOP overall on Tuesday night. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., won the race for governor and all Republican incumbents kept their seats.
与此同时，俄亥俄州一项旨在使民主党众议员格雷格·兰兹曼和玛西·卡普图尔所持选区对共和党更有利的努力也失败了。
Meanwhile, a push in Ohio to make districts held by Reps. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, more favorable to Republicans also failed.
在阿拉巴马州，民主党众议员肖马里·菲格斯赢得了连任，尽管他的席位也被改动以有利于共和党。
And in Alabama, Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., won another term despite his seat also being altered to favor Republicans.
重新划分选区的过程传统上是在全国人口普查之后进行，以反映各州的人口变化。
The process of redistricting is traditionally done after a national census, to account for population shifts in each state.
在十年中期更改国会选区地图是一个有争议的举动，遭到了两党的反对——尽管双方最终都参与其中。
Changing congressional maps mid-decade is a controversial move that saw bipartisan pushback — though both sides ultimately took part.
在左翼，加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森领导该州进行了一次公投，选民选择赋予立法机构改变本州国会选区地图的权力，以使民主党在迄今为止看来他们占优势的地方获得优势。
On the left, California Gov. Gavin Newsom led his state through a referendum where voters chose to give the legislature the ability to change its own congressional map to give Democrats an edge where, it appears so far, they have one.