California, Texas and Gavin Newsom
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As Texas moves forward with an off-cycle redistricting to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority, Gov. Gavin Newsom is plotting a Democratic response in California. But the state’s independent redistricting commission is a major obstacle.
Democrats from the Texas Legislature met with Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento to discuss President Trump's push to redistrict the Lone Star State and alter the outcome of the midterm elections.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he would consider multiple options in California to combat Texas’s redistricting efforts in a press conference with Texas state lawmakers Friday. Texas Republicans are working to redraw their state’s congressional lines,
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi became the latest to say Democrats should put “everything on the table” if Republicans in Texas are going to redistrict mid-decade.
Newsom told reporters the GOP's push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is a "five-alarm fire for democracy in the United States" and is doubling down on his threat to overhaul California's redistricting process.
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California's governor wants to redraw congressional lines to offset a Texas gerrymander. Is that snubbing voters who took the power from politicians? Or necessarily fighting fire with fire?
California lawmakers are grappling with Gov. Gavin Newsom's bold proposal to scrap the state's independent redistricting system in favor of a partisan power play.
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The New Republic on MSNGavin Newsom’s Retaliatory Redistricting Plan Is Good, ActuallyThe California governor is threatening to make a controversial tit-for-tat response if Texas Republicans redraw their state’s district maps to boost the GOP’s numbers in Congress.
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New York Magazine on MSNNewsom’s Threat to Match Trump’s Texas Power Grab Is Risky BusinessCalifornia’s governor keeps talking about creating new House seats in response to a Texas gerrymander. But the gambit could backfire on Democrats.