California Democrats' ability to do so may hinge on the outcome of a ballot measure Newsom announced last week that would allow a new map drafted by legislators to temporarily replace the boundaries drawn up by the state's independent redistricting committee following the 2020 census.

While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.

Conservative opponents dominated the public comment at legislative hearings on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting plan, though most were at the Capitol for an unrelated rally.

Several board members of California Common Cause have resigned as the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, pushes to redraw California's congressional map to counter Republicans' redistricting efforts in Texas.

A congressional redistricting nuclear arms race is upon us, and when it’s over we could be living in a cold, hyper-partisan nuclear winter. But there’s a way to end the arms race: eliminate the arms — in this case the congressional districts that have grown so hilariously gerrymandered that they can’t be anything but unrepresentative.

The vote targets congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms in a state where shifts could change control of the House of Representatives.