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Obama applauds Newsom’s California redistricting plan as ‘responsible’ as Texas GOP pushes new maps
Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional maps, in the way of Texas redistricting efforts promoted by President Donald Trump aimed at shoring up Republicans’ position in next year’s elections.
California Democrats are facing a Friday deadline to greenlight a plan for a special election to redraw the state's congressional maps. This comes after the redistricting push in Texas. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) joins Chris Jansing to explain more on his party's strategy ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Republican lawmakers in California filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking the state Supreme Court to step in and stop Democrats from moving forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts by delaying key votes at the state Capitol this week.
Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout that stalled efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S.