The maps could net up to five seats and make swing seats easier to hold. Gavin Newsom pitched it as a defining moment for the party.

As the 2026 election season approaches, redistricting battles in Texas and California are intensifying, potentially reshaping the balance of power.

The president meets Friday with his Russian counterpart in a bid to end the war in Ukraine. California voters will decide on a new process to draw voting maps. Flesh-eating bacteria and sharks likely ...

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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he plans to move ahead with a redistricting effort to benefit Democrats — a ...

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"It was top down. You know that for a fact. They'll deny it—well, maybe they won't deny it," Newsom told reporters.

State leaders in both parties say they're ready to redraw political lines ahead of 2026, but state laws and constitutions ...

Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of ...

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the ...

Texas Democrats on Thursday moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election and put them under escalating threats by ...

New mid-decade congressional maps, announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, would likley make L.A. County bluer. In ...