I recently spoke with Rick Hasen, the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law, about the feasibility of Texas Governor Greg Abbott ’s redistricting threats, how Congress could rein in partisan gerrymandering,

This week marks a flashpoint in an escalating and unprecedented fight over redistricting, with the country’s two most populous states taking center stage and control of the US House during the second half of President Donald Trump’s term potentially at stake.

A leaked map by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commission reveals California's redistricting plans after Governor Gavin Newsom pledged to “END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY."

"Trump is trying to steal the 2026 election by rigging the system and changing electoral maps," the event's website states. "We are fighting back."

Chairman Abraham George recently traveled to Illinois to join Republicans there in denouncing Texas Democrats.

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps in response to a Republican-led effort in Texas Thursday, setting up a standoff against a coalition of opponents.

Democrats who run populous states are considering redistricting, but some of them face a hurdle: Their parties don’t have control over drawing legislative maps. Instead, the power is in the hands of independent commissions, something often left-leaning pro-democracy advocates have supported to enact fair maps that reduce gerrymandering.

South Florida districts are in the crosshairs as Gov. Ron DeSantis brings nationwide redistricting battle to Florida after President Donald Trump demands more Republican congressional districts.

Trump's push for states to redraw political maps and create more GOP-friendly House seats in time for the 2026 election has raised the stakes.