California Democrats are taking up their proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their congressional maps, hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

Shortly after the Texas House passed the maps, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted "It's on" on social media. When Texas first launched its redistricting effort, Newsom had vowed to redraw the Golden State's congressional districts to counter ...

California's Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.

California begins its plan to add more Democrats to Congress. The California legislature will consider three bills that will allow a special election.

Texas is on track to gain five more Republican seats in Congress in next year's midterm elections after a two-week standoff with Democrats. In response, California Governor Gavin Newsom is considering doing the same thing to gain five Democratic seats to sway the balance of power.

California Democrats are making moves to put a ballot measure pushing pro-Democratic maps before voters this fall. Other Republican-controlled states are looking at redraws, too.

Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting, but support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll on Gavin Newsom’s high-stakes gerrymander.

California and Texas are redrawing U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, highlighting redistricting's impact on political power. Texas acted after President Donald Trump urged Republican

California state lawmaker Cecilia Aguiar-Curry explains Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to counter Texas redistricting by redrawing California’s congressional maps.