Overview

• Texas Republicans approved a mid‑decade congressional map designed to add up to five GOP seats, with Gov. Greg Abbott expected to sign it.
• California’s Democratic legislature placed a new House map on the Nov. 4 ballot that would temporarily override the state’s independent commission and could net Democrats five seats.
• California Republicans filed a second state Supreme Court lawsuit to block the ballot measure, arguing a single‑subject violation after an earlier procedural challenge was dismissed.
• President Donald Trump said the Department of Justice will sue California over its plan, and Gov. Gavin Newsom responded on social media with, “BRING IT.”
• Election analysts say the remaps could narrow Democrats’ paths but do not decide House control, and polls show large majorities oppose partisan gerrymandering.