(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said it’s “game on” with plans to redraw the blue state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats as the Texas‘ Legislature moves ahead with a GOP-led redistricting plan.
Late Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives passed a reworked congressional map pushed by President Donald Trump that could flip five Democratic-held districts ahead of next year’s pivotal midterm elections when much of Congress is up for reelection. The Texas state Senate is expected to approve the plan later this week, before sending the measure to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.
Democrats decried the unusual mid-decade redistricting scheme as “blatant gerrymandering” to increase the number of GOP congressional seats in the midterms.
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has been pushing
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