California will ask voters this fall to decide whether to redraw this state’s congressional lines after its Democratic-controlled Legislature formally approved a sweeping redistricting plan on

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers moved quickly to create new districts that could help their party flip five congressional seats. Their plan still requires voter approval.

A ballot measure to temporarily change California’s U.S. Congressional districts before the 2026 midterm election will go to voters this November after the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newson approved a redistricting in response to Texas’ move to gerrymander their districts to help Republicans retain the House.

California is officially entering the nationwide redistricting battle. The California Legislature officially passed a proposal Thursday to redraw the state’s congressional district boundaries in a way that would give Democrats an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Democratic supermajority to push a new congressional map that favors Democrats in an effort to nullify the expected new map from Texas.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of legislation, kicking off the Golden State's redistricting drive, as the Democrat retaliates against Texas.

The California State Supreme Court prevented a Republican lawsuit challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting push.

The swift passage was a decisive victory for Governor Gavin Newsom, widely seen as a possible 2028 White House contender whose national political stature has climbed as he led Democrats' charge against what they decried as an attempted power grab in the Republican-led state of Texas.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary and candidate for California governor Xavier Becerra threw his support behind efforts to redraw the Golden State’s congressional maps on this week’s edition of Inside California Politics.