Republicans are spending millions and still may not win districts drawn to favor them
Republicans redrew Congressional district lines to try to tilt the midterms in their favor.
NPR reports: Republicans redrew Congressional district lines to try to tilt the midterms in their favor.
But now they are facing expensive and competitive races they had hoped to outmaneuver.
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