Newsom Urges Trump to Halt GOP Redistricting: States of Play

Aug. 11, 2025, 6:30 PM UTC

CALIFORNIA GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM (D) offered a truce on redistricting Monday, telling President Donald Trump in a letter that he would scrap plans to redraw the state’s congressional maps if Trump called off similar efforts in Republican-led states.

  • Texas legislators are moving ahead with redrawing the state’s congressional districts to boost Republicans ahead of next year’s election, at Trump’s urging, prompting Newsom to threaten a round of tit-for-tat unusual redistricting.
  • “You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains you hope to make,” Newsom said in the letter.
  • The ...

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