As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out a plan Thursday to redraw congressional maps to gain Democrat seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. He called for a Nov. 4 special election to put the maps before state voters. “We have got to meet fire with fire,” Newsom said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislative and congressional members stood with Texas state lawmakers in their opposition to President Trump's plan to redraw voting maps to hold on to power in the midterm election.