Texas, Newsom and California
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The Texas lawmakers met with the Democratic governors to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott's efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps, an effort President Donald Trump hopes can produce five additional seats in Congress in time for next year's midterms to help keep GOP control on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi became the latest to say Democrats should put “everything on the table” if Republicans in Texas are going to redistrict mid-decade.
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New York Magazine on MSNNewsom’s Threat to Match Trump’s Texas Power Grab Is Risky BusinessCalifornia’s governor keeps talking about creating new House seats in response to a Texas gerrymander. But the gambit could backfire on Democrats.
Gavin Newsom recently announced a shockingly partisan electoral idea—to consider different “pathways” for California to conduct a mid-decade congressional redistricting to help shore up Democratic majorities. Out of context, this would be an outrageous effort to undermine well-established rules for determining congressional election boundaries.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said if Texas redraws its congressional maps in favor of Republicans, he and his allies in the Legislature will do the same in California to favor Democrats.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would meet with Texas lawmakers "to push back on" a redistricting plan proposed by Republicans.
Democrats from the Texas Legislature met with Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento to discuss President Trump's push to redistrict the Lone Star State and alter the outcome of the midterm elections.
Warning of a “five-alarm fire for democracy,” Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday suggested the possibility of California redrawing its congressional districts in response to actions in Texas.
As California state lawmakers walked out of the Capitol for summer recess earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom passed them a political hot potato in the form of a mid-decade redistricting proposal to counter a similar effort in Texas.
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As Texas Republicans plow ahead with a plan to redraw congressional maps ahead of schedule, many governors across the U.S. are increasingly grappling with an issue that they didn’t think they’d have to confront until the end of the decade.