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Newsom Considers Mid-Decade Remap as Texas GOP Advances Redistricting Hearings

He is weighing a ballot initiative or supermajority vote to redraw California’s congressional map in response to Republican-led proceedings in Texas.

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FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a news conference, Feb. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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Overview

  • Gov. Greg Abbott, at President Trump’s urging, opened a July 21 special session after the U.S. Department of Justice deemed four Texas majority-minority districts unconstitutional.
  • Republican lawmakers in Austin have launched hearings to revise Texas’s mid-decade congressional map, and Democrats are threatening to leave the state to deny a quorum.
  • On July 25, Texas House Democrats met with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker to coordinate opposition to the GOP’s redistricting push.
  • Newsom’s administration is mapping out legal pathways for a mid-cycle redistricting in California, including a statewide referendum or a two-thirds legislative vote.
  • Analysts warn that partisan remaps could flip up to five seats in both California and Texas, with the potential to reshape control of the narrowly divided U.S. House.