It’s 1962 again, only this time the Cold War pits Democrat against Republican for control of the US House of Representatives — and potentially over the last two years of the Trump presidency. A mid-decade redraw of congressional maps gone nationwide would have implications far beyond the 2026 midterms,

Lofgren, the chair of California’s 43-member Democratic delegation, consulted in June with a trusted data expert who dismissed it as absurd — a foolhardy end-run around the state’s popular redistricting panel with no guarantee of yielding enough blue seats to fully offset Texas.

Republican and Democratic legislatures are considering new maps to tilt the U.S. House their way ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Gavin Newsom's plan to counter President Donald Trump's election gerrymander in Texas with his own redistricting play in California is on its way to voters. The California Legislature on Thursday approved his proposal calling for a special election on a ballot measure that would suspend the state's current congressional districts,