California to take on Newsom-backed redistricting plan today
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Democratic voters loathe partisan redistricting, but support California doing it to counter Texas, according to a new national poll on Gavin Newsom’s high-stakes gerrymander.
The Texas state Senate's committee on redistricting voted on Thursday morning to advance the congressional maps bill out of committee, a move that sets up the bill to be considered by the full Senate. The bill is likely on a glide path to the desk of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
California’s Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas’ mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.
Texas Democrats are condemning what they call President Trump’s “power grab” to give Republicans more seats in Congress. Meanwhile, California Democrats are vowing to wipe out GOP gains in Texas with their own new congressional map.