NEW YORK (Reuters), New York’s Supreme Court ruled that New York’s newly drawn congressional map had been unconstitutionally constructed to favor Democrats. They ordered the lines to be redrawn. This will increase the likelihood of Democrats retaining a weak majority in November’s congressional election.

Democrats had hoped the aggressive New York map would offset Republican gains in states such as Texas and Florida, where Republican-controlled legislatures approved their own partisan maps as part of the once-a-decade redistricting process that follows the decennial U.S. Census.