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After Democrats returned to the Texas statehouse, Republican leadership assigned law enforcement officers to monitor them to prevent further delays to their plan to redraw congressional voting districts to favor Republicans ahead of the election.
About 200 are gathered in the rotunda for a rally supporting Democrats as Republicans prepare to approve new congressional maps on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.
Republicans highlight California Democrats' past statements supporting independent redistricting as Newsom pushes mid-decade redistricting ballot initiative
California state lawmakers have started a series of legislative hearings to advance a partisan plan aimed at winning Democrats five more House seats.
Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he supported a proposal by California Democrats to redraw congressional lines in response to a Republican-led push in Texas to gain additional US House seats but expressed unease with the broader effects of political gerrymandering.