California Gov. Newsom announces redistricting effort to counter Texas GOP
As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.
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As Texas hurtles toward a flashpoint on a GOP effort to redraw congressional districts, California Democrats are answering with a plan of their own.
Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block a vote on redistricting were hosted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday after he vowed to have California's congressional districts redrawn to offset the expected gain in GOP congressional seats. Lauren Toms reports.
California may follow Texas' lead and redraw congressional districts for partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a bigger edge — an idea blessed by President Trump.
President Biden issued several stark warnings about threats to American democracy Thursday in Arizona. CBS News election law expert and political contributor David Becker discusses what stood out from the president's speech.
Dozens rallied in San Francisco on Monday to protest the city's redistricting plan based on the latest census, which they say will leave out certain communities.
As San Francisco is set to redraw its district lines, a coalition of LGBTQ groups on Wednesday blasted a proposed plan that, according to the coalition, would separate LGBTQ communities.
Members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission defended their months of sometimes chaotic work Monday as they handed off the completed maps that, barring successful court challenges, will govern congressional and legislative elections for the next 10 years.
After each new census, every county in California is obligated by law to re-evaluate its political districts. They just approved the new boundaries in Marin and it may result in more political clout for the county's Latinos.
The city of Novato asked its residents this week to help redraw the boundaries for its city council districts by submitting their own maps.
Newly-released political maps from California's redistricting commission would leave some members of Congress without a political home and others to face off against colleagues in their own party in the 2022 midterm elections.
The new Contra Costa County supervisorial district map will likely move Diablo, Blackhawk and the Camino Tassajara area from District 3 to District 2.
In what's seen as a big victory for campaign reformers, the Supreme Court has upheld Arizona congressional districts drawn by an independent commission, which in turn upholds California's.
For the first time, California had an open primary system in which the top two candidates, regardless of party, advanced to November. And they ran in districts drawn by a nonpartisan commission instead of by lawmakers protecting their own safe seats.
A majority voted "yes" on Proposition 40 on Tuesday after the original challengers dropped their opposition to the new political boundaries.
Incumbent Jerry McNerney and challenger Ricky Gill are locked in a tight battle in the race for the redrawn district.
For all the billions spent by the Obama and Romney campaigns, Republican and Democratic parties, and countless outside groups, we may wake up November 7th to a Washington that is virtually unchanged.
80-year-old Pete Stark is used to coasting to re-election in the liberal enclave of the Bay Area he has represented since the end of the Vietnam War. All that has changed this year, as Californians deal with two major political reforms.
In Texas Republicans have taken efforts to restrict access to voting a step farther. Texas Republicans are calling for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.
The California Supreme Court has upheld new state Senate maps drawn by an independent redistricting commission, dealing a blow to GOP efforts seeking to block Democrats from gaining enough seats to pass taxes on their own.
Republicans are urging the California Supreme Court to dump newly drawn state Senate districts planned for this year's election.
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously rejected two Republican challenges to the state's new electoral maps.
A citizens commission established by voters to independently create California's legislative and congressional districts delivered its first set of maps Friday, voting to adopt new boundaries that appear to increase the reach of majority Democrats.
The independent commission set up to redraw the boundaries of California's legislative, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts, is putting the finishing touches on those new maps.
Democrats hoping to regain the majority in the House in 2012 might get a strong head start in California, where voters have handed the authority for drawing political boundaries to an independent citizens' commission.
