Gov. Gavin Newsom wants voters to approve congressional districts that would wipe out five Republican seats. He's trying to counter a GOP gerrymander in Texas.

Governor has called for a November special election to let voters decide on a new congressional map designed to flip up to five Republican-held seats.

California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation Thursday afternoon.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom mocked ex-House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday for bringing up Bed Bath & Beyond while attacking Democrats ’ congressional redistricting plan for their state, a counteroffensive against Texas Republicans ’ Trump-approved gerrymandering.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a series of bills calling for new congressional maps that could add up to five Democratic seats in Congress, a response to an ongoing, Trump-led effort in Texas to use redistricting there to carve out five additional GOP seats.