Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online trolling and a proposed gerrymander to counter a GOP power play in Texas.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a series of bills calling for new congressional maps that could add up to five Democratic seats in Congress, a response to an ongoing, Trump-led effort in Texas to use redistricting there to carve out five additional GOP seats.

California Democrats passed a trio of redistricting bills Thursday, a day after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

The vote targets congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms in a state where shifts could change control of the House of Representatives.

The Texas State Senate has passed a bill approving new congressional redistricting maps, aimed at giving Republicans more seats in the U.S. House.

Texas Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier left a call with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic Party members after claiming she was told she was committing a felony.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took another swing at Texas Republicans amid the mid-decade redistricting battle, accusing them of “cowering” to President Trump. “Look at these

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid a contentious partisan struggle over redistricting that is part of President Donald Trump's campaign to keep the national House of Representatives in Republican hands.