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Republicans are trying again to stop California from passing a new congressional map, an effort the state is taking on to counter a Texas gerrymander aimed at adding more GOP seats in Congress in 2026.
California Democrats approved bills that set up a November election in which voters will be asked to greenlight a new congressional map.
The California Supreme Court late Wednesday denied a Republican petition to block the state’s new redistricting plan.
Collier dialed into the Zoom call from a Capitol restroom as the floor debate over the new maps echoed in the background. “I’ll be damned if I let [Republicans] use petty intimidation tactics to silence my voters. They sent me here to fight, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do,” she said. “I represent a majority Black and brown district and it’ll be my constituents, people who look like me, that will be harmed.”
Republican lawmakers in California have asked the state Supreme Court to stop Democrats’ attempt to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election.
California lawmakers introduced legislation Monday to allow voters to decide whether they want to redraw the state’s congressional map.
The DOJ threatened to sue California over access to the state’s voter rolls.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called for a special election to authorize state redistricting, making good on his threat to redraw maps in response to a Republican redistricting scheme in Texas that could add five GOP seats in Congress.
The Department of Justice sued Orange County, California Wednesday. Just a day before, county election administrators offered to work with them while protecting voter privacy.
A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented federalization of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent.”
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