RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende, who advised Virginia's post-2020 redistricting, said Democrats may regret redrawing California's maps in response to a controversial move from Texas Republicans. With many blue states already "maximal gerrymanders," Trende explained how the GOP has a lot...

Kamala Harris endorsed the redraw at a Teamsters National Black Caucus conference on Saturday. In her first public comments on California’s redistricting play, she said she’s “proud” that her home state’s politicians were going to take a national redistricting war “to the voters, take it to the streets.”

Democrats in California’s Legislature presented a united front in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s retaliatory redistricting effort on Monday.

Many state delegations are already under single-party control. New maps could tighten the partisan grip while decreasing the importance of general elections.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has been careful to not publicly disagree with the Trump administration as it pressures

The comments came as Indiana House Republicans were preparing to convene for an afternoon caucus Monday to discuss redistricting.

In a battle prompted by President Trump, Texas and California could redraw lines that change whose votes really matter in the 2026 congressional elections.

The blistering Texas summer is usually a time when candidates announce their campaigns and begin raising money for the election year ahead. This Texas summer has been cooler than normal, and so has the announcement period for some of the high-profile 2026 races.