A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.

Ohio lawmakers will start drafting new congressional districts, with the Equal Districts Coalition pushing for fair maps.

Missouri's congressional map earned an average score, or "C," for both, with an average compactness score of 0.456 (just shy of the 0.5 needed to earn a "B") and nine split counties. The state received an overall "A" score from the study, one of just 21 states to do so.

The latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found that strong majorities in both parties prefer an independent panel draw the House district lines.

New mid-decade congressional maps, announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday, would likley make L.A. County bluer. In northern L.A. County, the change just might break from years of intense,

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A push by Texas Republicans and President Donald Trump to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has sparked a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their own House districts.