As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.

California Governor Gavin Newsom led a campaign-style rally on Thursday for a redistricting plan to foil what he called President Donald Trump's bid to rig the next congressional race and cement his Republican House majority by redrawing the political map of Texas.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out a plan Thursday to redraw congressional maps to gain Democrat seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. He called for a Nov. 4 special election to put the maps before state voters. “We have got to meet fire with fire,” Newsom said.