Newsom, Texas and California
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is receiving a boost from his state’s voters as he moves to counter a plan backed by President Donald Trump, his longtime pollster wrote in an internal memo released by Axios on Thursday.
Redistricting takes center stage Wednesday, with Texas state lawmakers set to consider their efforts to gerrymander congressional districts to benefit Republicans in the Lone Star State. California lawmakers are holding sessions Wednesday to discuss new maps that would benefit Democrats.
Texas Democrats end walkout as GOP-controlled legislature prepares to vote on redistricting maps that could flip five congressional seats to Republicans
Partisan redistricting may stick it to Republicans, but does nothing to address Democrats' lack of a more resonant message. Newsom seems only to care about his presidential hopes.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took several years, working across the aisle with Democrats and liberal-leaning nonprofits, to create an independent citizens commission to
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New York Magazine on MSNHow Newsom’s Retaliation Against Texas Redistricting Could Backfire
The California governor is pitching his plan as a deadly blow to Trump’s presidency. But it could end his own career on a very sour note.
Texas House Democrats who have left the state to block a vote on redistricting were hosted by California leaders on Friday.
Even if Texas Republicans go through with their map, the state will still be less gerrymandered than California, Illinois or New York. | Opinion
California’s governor joins Democrats nationally in wanting to stop the president’s aggressive MAGA-based agenda.
Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid a contentious partisan struggle over redistricting that is part of President Donald Trump's campaign to keep the national House of Representatives in Republican hands.