Republicans tried to upend Democratic election odds by redrawing congressional districts across the country, but even that wasnβt enough to dam the Blue Wave.Despite making new maps to boost Republican candidates in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, and Utah, voters in those states by and large still chose Democrats to represent them.For more than a year, local legislators in the Lone Star State were explicitly pushed by Donald Trump and his allies to forgo tradition and create a