Texas Senate Democrats plan to filibuster the House-passed redistricting map during floor debate on Friday in a last-ditch effort to delay the final passage of the plan to create five new winnable seats for the GOP.

As California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom advocates for a redistricting vote, some are pointing out he previously condemned a special election as wasteful.

Texas state Rep. Gene Wu joined a private strategy call on Thursday with Democratic leaders from other GOP-led states that might also redraw their maps.

The House Democrats who broke quorum to block GOP redistricting and stopped all activity in the chamber for two weeks have each been fined more than $9,000, according to a letter dated Thursday from the chairman of the House Administration Committee.

State party vice chair Jennifer Bukowsky said she expects a special session when district lines are decided by national Republicans.

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

The new map would shift five of California's Republican House seats to be more favorable to Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.

Doggett and fellow Rep. Greg Casar's two heavily Democratic seats were shrunk into one in the Republican gerrymander.