US EditionGov. Newsom Calls on Trump to Tell Republican States to Call Off Redistricting Efforts
CALIFORNIA, AUG 11 – Governor Newsom offers to halt California's redistricting if Republican-led states stop theirs, proposing a special election to counter GOP gains in the 2026 midterms.
- With Monday morning, Governor Gavin Newsom wrote to President Donald Trump requesting a cease-fire in mid-decade redistricting efforts, offering California to stand down in return.
- Amid the push for the 2026 midterm elections, Texas Republican lawmakers, urged by President Donald Trump, seek to redraw districts to gain five seats.
- Newsom and California Democrats propose a Nov. 4 special election to pause boundaries and shift five seats toward Democrats, responding to GOP gerrymandering efforts.
- Following the cease-fire proposal, Governor Gavin Newsom warned Trump that California would redraw its maps if red states refuse to stand down, leading other blue states in retaliatory efforts.
- Amid the widening partisan clash, Democratic governors pledge retaliatory redistricting efforts, risking a standoff that could influence the 2026 midterm elections and control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom warns Trump in heated letter he’s ‘playing with fire’ on redistricting
LOS ANGELES — With Democrats lining up for a bare-knuckle match on redistricting, Gov. Gavin Newsom has offered President Donald Trump a cease-fire proposal: No redrawing congressional maps in red states and California will stand down, he wrote in a letter sent to Trump on Monday morning. "If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset ...
‘Stand Down’: Newsom Threatens Trump Over Redistricting Plan
“It’s time to stand down,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned President Donald Trump. “It’s time to, dare I say, do the right thing.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Newsom has a history of locking horns with Trump, especially as the former has emerged as a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2028—a race that Trump has repeatedly teased running in despite constitutional term limits and one in which his legacy will b…
In an unexpected turn within the political battle for the redistribution of districts in the United States, Gavin Newsom offered President Donald Trump on Monday a truce: to suspend any attempt to redraw the electoral maps in California, as long as Republicans curb their plans in Texas and other states governed by the Republican Party. The proposal, sent by the governor in a letter, seeks to defuse a fight that threatens to alter the balance of …
In a letter, the governor of California urged President Trump to desist from his district redistribution plans, or California would do the same.
Newsom Urges Trump to Call Off Mid-Decade Redistricting
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked President Donald Trump in a letter on Aug. 11 to help stop mid-decade congressional redistricting efforts in Texas and other Republican-led states. He said California would consider redrawing its own map if those efforts continue. “I am writing to ask you to call on the governor of Texas and other red states, who are acting on your request to draw new congressional maps through an unprecedented, mid-decade hype…
Newsom Offers Trump Deal on Redistricting Fight
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday sent a letter to President Donald Trump threatening to redistrict his state unless Republicans in red states agree to call off plans to redraw their congressional district maps.
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