Texas, California and redistricting plan
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17hon MSN
Newsom signs California congressional redistricting bills, countering Trump-backed push in Texas
California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Democratic supermajority to push a new congressional map that favors Democrats in an effort to nullify the expected new map from Texas.
11hon MSN
AP analysis shows Texas and California redistricting efforts could mess with rare partisan balance
Moves by Texas Republicans and California Democrats to redraw their U.S. House districts could disrupt a rare partisan balance in American politics.
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Texas Republicans aim for final passage of redistricting after California Democrats’ counterpunch
California lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for a special election in November to approve a redrawn congressional map.
The Texas Senate could vote Friday to approve new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.
California’s Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas’ mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.
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.
Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.
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