Newsom unveils California redistricting plan to counter GOP push Thursday

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California is middle stage on Thursday within the nationwide battle over congressional redistricting forward of subsequent yr's midterm elections.

Two-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will group up with congressional Democrats and legislative leaders within the closely blue state at an occasion in Los Angeles.

That is the place they're anticipated to unveil their recreation plan to counter the push by President Donald Trump and Republicans to create as much as 5 GOP-friendly congressional districts on the expense of at the moment Democrat-controlled seats.

"If you'll not stand down, I can be pressured to steer an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in pink states," Newsom mentioned in a latest letter to the president.

NEWSOM VOWS TO FIGHT ‘FIRE WITH FIRE’ IN CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BATTLE

California Dems have "promised to not dispose of the state’s impartial redistricting fee fully," and are as an alternative planning to ask voters "to approve a constitutional modification that will put new maps authorized by the Legislature in impact for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 election cycles." (AP Picture/Wealthy Pedroncelli)

And he argued that Trump was "enjoying with hearth" along with his push for uncommon—however not remarkable—mid-decade redistricting.

Newsom says Trump missed a deadline to face down on his push to redistrict in Texas.

"DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!! CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!)," Newsom wrote earlier this week in a social media put up posted by his press workplace, which was meant to mock how Trump writes his personal social media posts.

"BIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM — YOUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR — THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR ‘MAGA.’ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GN," he added.

The Republican push in Texas , which comes at Trump's urging, is a part of a broader effort by the GOP throughout the nation to pad their razor-thin Home majority to maintain management of the chamber within the 2026 midterms, when the celebration in energy historically faces political headwinds and loses seats.

NEWSOM DEMANDS TRUMP GIVE UP TEXAS REDISTRICTING PUSH

Trump and his political group are aiming to forestall what occurred throughout his first time period within the White Home, when Democrats stormed again to seize the Home majority within the 2018 midterms.

However whereas the Republican push in Texas to upend the present congressional maps would not face constitutional constraints, Newsom's path in California is far more sophisticated.

In Texas, Republicans plan to enact the brand new maps they drew up as soon as sufficient state Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to forestall the legislature from passing the measure return to Texas.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seen talking throughout a invoice signing within the State Capitol on April 23, 2025, in Austin, Texas, has referred to as a particular session of the Texas legislature to push for congressional redistricting. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)

The governor is shifting to carry a particular election this yr, to acquire voter approval to undo the constitutional amendments that created the non-partisan redistricting fee. A two-thirds majority vote within the Democrat-dominated California legislature can be wanted to carry the referendum.

Democratic Celebration leaders are assured they will have the votes to push the constitutional modification and the brand new proposed congressional maps by means of the legislature.

Thursday's information convention by Newsom, who is taken into account a possible contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, will even function a fundraising kickoff to boost large quantities of marketing campaign money wanted to promote the redistricting push statewide in California.

SCHWARZENEGGER'S NEW STARING ROLE: PUSHING BACK AGAINST NEWSOM'S REDISTRICTING DRIVE

The non-partisan redistricting fee, created over 15 years in the past, stays in style with most Californians, based on public opinion polling.

That is why Newsom and California Democratic lawmakers are promising to not scrap the fee fully, however reasonably substitute it briefly by the legislature for the subsequent three election cycles.

However their efforts are opposed by various coalition of figures supportive of the non-partisan fee.

Among the many most seen members is former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the final Republican elected governor in Democrat-dominated California.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the final Republican elected governor in California, opposes the push by Democrats to scrap the state's non-partisan redistricting fee. (Tristar Media/WireImage)

Schwarzenegger, throughout his tenure as governor, had a starring position within the passage of constitutional amendments in California in 2008 and 2010 that took the ability to attract state legislative and congressional districts away from politicians and place it within the arms of an impartial fee.

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"Most individuals do not actually take into consideration an impartial fee a lot, a method or one other. And that is each a possibility and a problem for Newsom," Jack Pitney, an American politics professor at California's Claremont McKenna Faculty, advised Fox Information.

However he added that "it'll take plenty of effort and cash to energise Democrats and inspire them to point out up on the polls" and that Newsom's effort "is all about motivating individuals who do not like Trump."

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter primarily based within the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the marketing campaign path from coast to coast."