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Redistricting Battle Heats Up Between Texas and California

Scott ShaferGuy Marzorati
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AUSTIN, TEXAS - AUGUST 07: Attendees view a map during a Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting public testimony hearing on August 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting met to hear public testimony on Congressional plan C2308. Earlier this week, Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state in an attempt to protest and deny quorum for votes on the proposed Republican redistricting plan, which would secure five additional GOP seats in the U.S. House. Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to remove lawmakers who do not return and has asked the Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leaders who fled the state.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

President Trump’s push for Texas to redraw congressional districts to help Republicans in next year’s midterm elections has mobilized Democratic governors, including Gavin Newsom, to do the same. But will California voters agree to let politicians draw their own lines when they put a stop to that practice years ago? 

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