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Newsom announces California redistricting push, setting up a standoff with GOP-led opponents
Gavin Newsom formally kicked off his push Thursday to redraw California’s congressional maps in response to a Republican-led effort in Texas, setting up the next stage of his fight against both the Trump administration and a coalition of gerrymandering opponents within the state.
California Democrats released a new gerrymandered House map on Friday night that, if implemented, would carve up deep red areas of the state that have been under Republican representation for decades.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has mobilized to fight Gavin Newsom's redistricting push as Democrats aim to counter Trump's Texas congressional map changes.
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WIVB Buffalo on MSNCalifornia redistricting puts pressure on Illinois, New York
California’s move to launch a redistricting effort ahead of next year’s midterms has piled new pressure on other blue states to follow suit. Capitol Hill Democrats are hailing Thursday’s announcement by California Gov.
The latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found that strong majorities in both parties prefer an independent panel draw the House district lines.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to roll out an official campaign on Thursday in Los Angeles advocating for California to redraw its congressional districts and offset a similar GOP-led effort in Texas to net the party an additional five U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms.
Gavin Newsom told Donald Trump tells the president he had missed the deadline to pull back from creating "illegal crooked maps" in Texas and other red states.