Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrat of California, has nicknamed his remapping effort the “Election Rigging Response Act,” arguing it is a counter to Texas’ pledge to redraw its map.
If you want to understand the health of a political party, take a look at their voter registration numbers. And for the Democrats, it’s not looking good.
Florida has had a significant shift of registered voters in the Republican direction, a remarkable inversion that explains the state’s transformation from a perennial battleground to the new symbol of red America.
The former three-term senator is said to be running to get his old job back, delivering a recruitment coup for Democrats facing an uphill battle to win a Senate majority next year.
As a Texas senator summoned the F.B.I. to round up Democrats, the redistricting war that began in Texas was spreading, with California aiming at five Republican House seats.
Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.
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