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California pushes left, Texas to the right, with US House control and Trump agenda in play

Republicans hold a 219-212 majority in the House, with four vacancies. New maps are typically drawn once a decade after the ...

Is California Really More Gerrymandered Than Texas? It’s Complicated.

Republicans claim California is more gerrymandered than Texas, based on a simple partisan calculation. Experts say such a ...

Proposed congressional maps in California could help Democrats flip 5 seats

Proposed new congressional maps in California could help Democrats flip five Republican seats and bolster around five ...

How Yuba-Sutter is in the crosshairs of Texas and CA redistricting beef

Voters in Yuba-Sutter could soon swap representatives for the third time since 2020 as the majority-conservative area enters ...

Texas vs. California: Legal battle over new national monument intensifies

A Texas think tank is leading the charge against one of California's newest national monuments, drawing opposition from ...
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This Republican lawmaker has served California for decades. Gov. Newsom’s plan could end his dominance

As Gov. Gavin Newsom moves forward with his redistricting plan to counteract Texas' push to eliminate five Democratic seats ...

Texas, Florida hit with far more ICE arrests than California. But that’s not the whole story

California arrests lag behind states such as Texas and Florida, because those states started with more arrests. They also ...

Texas House to attempt to make quorum on Tuesday as Democrats continue walkout over redistricting vote

Texas Republicans tried again to reconvene the House on Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted ...