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

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.

They want to do this by passing a state constitutional amendment via a ballot initiative during the 2026 general election.

So did California Democrats, especially Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a matter of weeks, they bluffed themselves into the marquee political contest of Trump’s second term, a high-voltage fight to shape the outcome of the 2026 midterms and the remaining years of his presidency.

California lawmakers passed a redistricting plan to counter Texas' GOP map. Voters will decide Nov. 4. Trump finally responds to Gavin Newsom’s mocking – and busts out an old nickname to do it Mexican brothers arrested,