Newsom has engineered the high-risk strategy in response to President Donald Trump’s own brinkmanship. Trump pushed Texas Republicans to reopen the legislative maps they passed in 2021 to squeeze out ...

Former President Barack Obama has endorsed California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fight against Republican gerrymandering efforts ...

That has changed this week, though, with Obama stepping in to defend California's Governor, Gavin Newsom, who has been in a war of words with the current POTUS. Obama has shown his support for the ...

In a direct counter to Texas, California Democrats, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, are scheduled to pass a new congressional map to create up to five new winnable seats. However, California’s process ...

California’s Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas’ mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.

Former President Barack Obama hugs California’s then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.

Under normal circumstances, Barack Obama probably wouldn't endorse a Democratic plan for mid-decade redistricting. But these ...