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Democratic state lawmakers in California approved legislation Thursday to establish new congressional districts, a move party leaders say is necessary to counter GOP redistricting in Texas and other states.
Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online trolling and a proposed gerrymander to counter a GOP power play in Texas.
The governor is the top presidential contender among Democratic-leaning voters in the state, according to the latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey.
Democratic legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom are selling Thursday's plans for a November statewide vote as a counterweight to Texas Republicans' redistricting.
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California voters will decide redistricting in November, escalating battle with Trump and Texas
SACRAMENTO — Ratcheting up the pressure in the escalating national fight over control of Congress, the California Legislature on Thursday approved a November special election to ask voters to redraw the state’s electoral lines to favor Democrats and thwart President Trump’s far-right policy agenda.
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.
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California Democrats hold hearings on new congressional map to counter Trump-backed redistricting
A Democratic Texas lawmaker has chosen to spend the night in the state House chamber to avoid being shadowed by law enforcement.
Despite supporting independent redistricting, former President Obama endorsed California Democrats' proposal to redraw the state's congressional districts to counter efforts by President Trump and GOP state leaders to push middecade partisan gerrymandering.