Summers won in the Republican-leaning district with 53 percent of the popular vote.
The compromise is a slight improvement for the Democrats, though they still have Republican-leaning districts.
With redistricting settled, the new 19th district went from being a Republican-leaning district to being a swing district.
For the 1946 election, Republicans sought a candidate who could unite the party and run a strong race against Voorhis in the Republican-leaning district.
This Republican-leaning district starts in the lower western part of the state and goes through the Jackson suburbs and up to east central Mississippi.
You had a Republican-leaning district, a Republican race and not carrying that after you endorse.
He did not run for re-election after the 23rd district was split into three Republican-leaning districts by redistricting.
Between 2000 and 2004, redistricting created roughly a dozen new Republican-leaning districts nationwide.
It gave Democrats, who need 15 seats to gain a majority, a new opening to pick up a seat in a Republican-leaning district.
Sutton was defeated by a vote of 181,137 to 165,636 in the new, Republican-leaning district.