Overview

• Texas Republicans approved a mid-decade congressional map designed to net roughly five additional seats in the next election.
• President Donald Trump publicly encouraged the Texas push, saying Republicans "are entitled to five more seats" in the state.
• California Democrats led by Gov. Gavin Newsom plan to put party-drawn congressional maps before voters this fall to boost their representation.
• George Washington University’s Casey Burgat describes the cross-state moves as a "gerrymandering war" and notes the GOP’s advantage because 20 of the 33 legislature-drawn map states are Republican-controlled.
• Independent commissions handle redistricting in eight states, and Princeton’s Gerrymandering Project has flagged multiple states for unfair systems across both parties, including Texas and Illinois.