Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald Trump in what many see as a lightly masked trial run for his own future White House bid.

Governor has called for a November special election to let voters decide on a new congressional map designed to flip up to five Republican-held seats.

The California Supreme Court cleared the way for Democrats to move forward with a plan to redraw congressional districts Thursday.