Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS), who leads the organization, urged her peers to actively oppose the Trump-backed efforts to redraw Texas’s congressional districts.
“It’s incumbent upon Democrat governors, if they have the opportunity, to respond in kind,” Kelly said at a Democratic Governors Association meeting. “I’m not a big believer in unilateral disarmament.”
On Wednesday, Texas Republicans released their proposed congressional map to flip five House seats held by Democrats in next year’s midterm elections. The plan, which is not yet finalized, targets seats won by Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), among others.
One day later, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced his own plan to counteract Republicans’ efforts by seeking a November special election in which California voters could decide whether to redistrict
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