California has an overwhelmingly Democratic delegation in Congress. Gov. Newsom’s plan could give his party five more seats and offset a Texas gerrymander.

In a battle prompted by President Trump, Texas and California could redraw lines that change whose votes really matter in the 2026 congressional elections.

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.

Ohio lawmakers will start drafting new congressional districts, with the Equal Districts Coalition pushing for fair maps.

The latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found that strong majorities in both parties prefer an independent panel draw the House district lines.

New mid-decade congressional maps, announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, would likley make L.A. County bluer. In northern L.A. County, the change just might break from years of intense,