California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Democratic supermajority to push a new congressional map that favors Democrats in an effort to nullify the expected new map from Texas.

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.

The vote targets congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms in a state where shifts could change control of the House of Representatives.

Redrawn congressional maps that have been the center of controversy in Texas passed the Senate early Saturday and now head to Gov. Abbott to sign.

Texas Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier left a call with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic Party members after claiming she was told she was committing a felony.

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid a contentious partisan struggle over redistricting that is part of President Donald Trump's campaign to keep the national House of Representatives in Republican hands.

Texas Democrats are preparing their final show of resistance against a mid-decade redraw of the state's congressional map