The Texas House of Representatives gave final passage on Wednesday to House Bill 4, a controversial Republican-backed proposal to redraw the state's congressional maps and potentially add up to five new GOP-leaning districts.

TEXAS REDISTRICTING: Texas legislators are scheduled to vote on the GOP’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map after Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin. Democrats had fled the state for two weeks to block a vote on the map, and several spent last night on the statehouse floor in a protest.

Several board members of California Common Cause have resigned as the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, pushes to redraw California's congressional map to counter Republicans' redistricting efforts in Texas.

Former President Barack Obama is supporting California Gov. Gavin Newsom's 'measured' approach to redistricting in response to Republican moves in Texas.

The state House has reconvened on Wednesday as GOP lawmakers in the Lone Star State look to push ahead with a newly redrawn congressional map designed for Republicans to pick up five U.S. House seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. The plan, known as House Bill 4, could come to a vote on Wednesday in the House and as early as Thursday in the Senate.

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,

"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."

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.