As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.

A leaked map by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commission reveals California's redistricting plans after Governor Gavin Newsom pledged to “END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY."

Democrats who run populous states are considering redistricting, but some of them face a hurdle: Their parties don’t have control over drawing legislative maps. Instead, the power is in the hands of independent commissions, something often left-leaning pro-democracy advocates have supported to enact fair maps that reduce gerrymandering.

Trump's push for states to redraw political maps and create more GOP-friendly House seats in time for the 2026 election has raised the stakes.

President Donald Trump wants states to redraw congressional maps to ensure Republicans stay in control of the U.S. House

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said his administration could escalate its redistricting push even further as state Democrats continue blocking it

A fight about redistricting has erupted in Texas and throughout the United States. One political scientist is warning the GOP that their desire to redraw maps may come back to haunt them.