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Redistricting tug-of-war bounces back to Texas after California lawmakers counterpunch

California and Texas lawmakers use redistricting to gain House seats, leading to legal battles and national political tensions, with Texas Democrats employing walkouts to delay votes.

  • On Thursday, California lawmakers approved legislation for a November special election to ratify a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year, and Gavin Newsom, California governor, quickly signed the bill.
  • Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans advanced a redrawn map to pad their House majority, while Gavin Newsom, California governor, pledged a campaign backed by former President Barack Obama for a nationwide nonpartisan approach.
  • Legal rules matter because redistricting follows the decennial census and the U.S. Supreme Court allows partisan maps; nationally, Democrats remain within three seats of a U.S. House majority.
  • California Republicans have responded by filing a lawsuit and urging a federal probe, while Texas lawmakers meet again Friday to possibly approve their map and send it to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott after outnumbered Texas Democrats fled for one day.
  • The California change is explicitly temporary, with California's redrawn map set to last only through 2030 before California's redistricting commission draws the next decade's map, and many Democratic-run states use commission systems while Republican-controlled states often have fewer redistricting limits.
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Redistricting tug-of-war bounces back to Texas after California lawmakers counterpunch

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Texas Republicans aim for final passage of redistricting after California Democrats' counterpunch

California has landed its counterpunch. The national tug-of-war over redistricting shifts once again back to Texas, where it all started.

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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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