New York’s Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that a congressional district mapping commission will not have to draw up new lines and the existing districts will remain in place, at least for the time being.

The existing congressional districts were drawn up by the court after maps proposed by Democrats were thrown out ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. As a result, New York Republicans picked up several surprise wins, and they were a key factor in handing control of the House of Representatives back to the GOP.

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The rejected district lines would have given the New York Democratic Party a major advantage in 22 of 26 congressional districts, while the court-drawn map focused on creating more competitive districts.

Democrats in the Empire State instead only won 15 districts in the House of Representatives with the new map and the Republicans flipped three districts red.

A fight over drawing new lines started shortly after elections concluded, with Democrats arguing they should be allowed to redraft the maps before the 2024 election cycle as opposed to using the existing court-drawn maps for the rest of the decade. If Democrats are successful, a new map would likely create less competitive districts, handing an electoral advantage back to Democrats, who have already announced plans to pour resources into the state to flip districts they lost in 2022.

New York’s Court of Appeals is slated to hear arguments on Nov. 15 in Buffalo, and the state legislature has until approximately Feb. 1 to finalize new districts if it is permitted to redraw the congressional maps.

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The later a final court decision is reached, the more likely another Republican challenge to the district maps is to be successful as the GOP can argue that the state legislature had to skip necessary steps as a consequence of being given less time by the court.

On the other hand, Democrats are permitted to get a head start and begin the process of drafting new maps, which would streamline the process if the Court of Appeals decides in their favor.