It all amounts to the opening salvo in what is likely to become a national showdown to grasp power through gerrymandering.

California will ask voters this fall to decide whether to redraw this state’s congressional lines after its Democratic-controlled Legislature formally approved a sweeping redistricting plan on

California Democrats may have successfully muscled a new congressional map through the state legislature this week, but the redistricting fight in the Golden State is only just beginning.

Former President Barack Obama is backing California’s plan to counter mid-decade redistricting efforts by Republicans in Texas.

The Texas Senate approved the GOP-favored voting map that could flip five seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections.

California’s summer of legislation has taken a sharp turn away from laws for the Golden State to how California can influence Congress. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills on Thursday that could temporarily replace the state’s independent redistricting commission with new congressional maps drawn by the Legislature itself.

Democrats took to social media to to criticize the state's new congressional map after it passed the Texas Senate early Saturday morning, setting the path for Republicans to gain up to five additional seats in the U.