Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional ...

California lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve legislation calling for a special election in November to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win fiv...

Opponents – an unlikely alliance of Republican leaders, good-government advocates and popular former GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – will spend the coming weeks reminding Californians why they voted ...