California legislature poised to vote on redistricting plan in response to Texas gerrymandering

<p>Measure to redraw congressional maps comes as Texas prepares to vote on its own redistricting</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a> state legislature was poised on Thursday to vote on a plan to redraw its congressional boundaries and create five potential new Democratic <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/house-of-representatives">House</a> seats – an answer to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republican</a> redistricting push in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas">Texas</a>, sought by Donald Trump, aimed at tilting the map in his party’s favor ahead of next year’s midterm elections.</p><p>The nation’s two most populous – and ideologically opposed – states were racing on parallel tracks toward consequential redistricting votes, potentially within hours of each other. As Democrats in Sacramento worked to advance a legislative package that would put their “election rigging response act” before voters in a special election this fall, Republicans in Austin were nearing a final vote on their own gerrymandering pursuit.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/california-legislature-redistricting-plan">Continue reading...</a>