California, Texas and Newsom
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Now Newsom, who said he otherwise supports independent redistricting, is exploring multiple options ... drawn after the 2020 election and took effect in 2022. But last month, Trump’s political team began pressuring Republican leaders in Texas to revisit ...
Newsom contends Trump is playing gutter politics by pressuring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the GOP-controlled Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S. House seats in an effort to elect five additional Republicans in next year’s midterm elections. House seats normally are redrawn only at the beginning of a decade after the decennial census.
California lawmakers are grappling with Gov. Gavin Newsom's bold proposal to scrap the state's independent redistricting system in favor of a partisan power play.
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.
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.
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