Democrats Push Back on Texas Redistricting Map, Back California Ballot Measure

Newsom said California would bring its own maps directly to voters.
Democrats Push Back on Texas Redistricting Map, Back California Ballot Measure
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier gestures from the Texas House floor in the state Capitol in Austin on Aug. 19, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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The Texas Legislature is moving ahead with a congressional redistricting map that would give Republicans additional seats, while Democrats in California are putting a competing proposal before voters this fall.

The Texas House is scheduled to vote on Aug. 20 on a newly drawn congressional map that would give Republicans five extra seats. The state Senate passed the map on Aug. 13, and Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will sign it.

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