The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Programming Note: This is the last Digest of the year! We'll see you again in January. Happy holidays! Leading Off ● This past year, Daily Kos Elections celebrated its 10th anniversary as part of the Daily Kos family, so we wanted to thank you, our loyal readers, for the steadfast support that's allowed us to thrive all this time. 2021 was another challenging year in many ways. Because of the pandemic, key census data was delayed by many months, meaning that the all-important task of redrawing the nation's election districts could not begin until much later than usual. As a result, the redistricting process has been crammed into an abbreviated timeline, so we've been working overtime to stay on top of all the new maps—tracking where things stand in every legislature and commission, analyzing the political implications of each map, and above all, crunching the numbers for all the new districts. And despite the flood of redistricting news, we haven't stopped our in-depth coverage of what's happening on the campaign trail and in the fight for voting rights. Read more