The new, partisan maps come on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s launch of California’s redistricting campaign on Thursday, an effort he touted as meant to favor Democrats in California in the upcoming midterm elections as a counter to similar efforts in Republican-led states elsewhere in the country.

A draft of newly drawn proposed congressional districts in California were made public last week, part of a countermeasure to a gerrymandering effort in Texas to secure more Republican-held seats in the House of Representatives.

California’s Democratic leaders of the state legislature could secure their spots in Congress if the state’s new proposed Congressional districts are approved.

Proposed new congressional maps in California could help Democrats flip five Republican seats and bolster around five Democratic incumbents in toss-up districts.

Democratic lawmakers in Texas returned to the state on Monday, ending a walkout that broke quorum and blocked Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps at the behest of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The California Assembly on Friday night shared a map that the California Legislature may consider as the state moves ahead with a plan to redraw its congressional lines if Texas moves forward with its redistricting plan.

In a battle prompted by President Trump, Texas and California could redraw lines that change whose votes really matter in the 2026 congressional elections.

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.

Ohio lawmakers will start drafting new congressional districts, with the Equal Districts Coalition pushing for fair maps.