Former President Barack Obama has expressed support for California Governor Gavin Newsom's approach to redistricting.

The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.

The vote targets congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms in a state where shifts could change control of the House of Representatives.

Conservative opponents dominated the public comment at legislative hearings on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting plan, though most were at the Capitol for an unrelated rally.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a legislative package that could turn certain red congressional districts blue through redistricting amid what has become a national redistricting tit-for-tat.

California Democrats' ability to do so may hinge on the outcome of a ballot measure Newsom announced last week that would allow a new map drafted by legislators to temporarily replace the boundaries drawn up by the state's independent redistricting committee following the 2020 census.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office insulted a Trump cabinet member on social media in Spanish after announcing the removal of languages in a government website

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is receiving a boost from his state’s voters as he moves to counter a plan backed by President Donald Trump, his longtime pollster wrote in an internal memo released by Axios on Thursday.