Overview

• Missouri lawmakers convened to consider a GOP map that could shift the delegation to 7–1 by reconfiguring Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Kansas City district, with Republicans holding the votes and quorum to pass it.
• Texas’ new congressional map, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, is designed to add up to five Republican seats and now faces civil-rights lawsuits alleging racial bias.
• California’s Proposition 50 heads to a Nov. 4 vote to let the Democratic legislature redraw the state’s districts, after the state supreme court declined a GOP bid to block the ballot measure.
• A Utah judge threw out the state’s map and set a Sept. 24 deadline for new districts, prompting a possible appeal as a revised plan could group more of Salt Lake City and create a competitive seat.
• Democrats need a net gain of three seats to take the House, while analysts such as the Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman estimate redistricting alone could yield Republicans roughly four to 12 seats, with Ohio, Indiana and Florida also weighing changes.