2025 November California election: Voter guide on redistricting
Voting in California’s special election continues through election day, Nov. 4.Proposition 50, a measure that would draw new congressional districts for the 2026, 2028 and…
Missouri governor signs Trump-backed GOP gerrymandered map into law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a new U.S. House map into law Sunday as part of President Trump’s plan to try to hold…
A guide to polling on California’s redistricting measure
Proposition 50, the California-slaps-back initiative, is cruising to a comfortable victory on Nov. 4, a slam dunk for Gov. Gavin Newsom and efforts to get…
Redistricting fight assumes closer midterm than history shows
A handful of seats are all that keep Republicans in control of the House, giving President Trump untrammeled sway over, well, pretty much everything, from…
Trump’s redistricting push threatens minority representation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III wants a second civil rights movement in response to President Trump and his fellow Republicans who are redrawing…
Missouri Senate approves congressional redistricting map
Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has the final say on a congressional redistricting map that would split an existing House district…
Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed House redistricting plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Trump to redraw the state’s congressional districts so…
California GOP energized by opposition to Newsom’s redistricting plan
Generally speaking, it’s a grand time to be a Republican in the nation’s capital.President Trump is redecorating the White House in his gold-plated image. The…
Where states stand in the battle for partisan advantage in U.S. House redistricting maps
Sept. 4, 2025 10:40 AM PT Lawmakers in Missouri are the latest to try to draw a new U.S. House map for the 2026 election…
Missouri takes up Trump’s redistricting effort in Republican push to win more U.S. House seats
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers are meeting in a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of President Trump’s effort to bolster…
Missouri’s Republican governor orders redraw of U.S. House districts as redistricting fight expands
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of…
Padilla sidesteps questions about a possible run for governor
SACRAMENTO — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Wednesday brushed aside questions about whether he might jump into California’s 2026 governor’s race, but declined to rule out…
Column: Trump is a redistricting bully, not a wizard
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
In Texas and California redistricting battles, Latino voters hold the key
Latinos unleashed a political earthquake after voting for Donald Trump, who has long painted the country’s largest minority as an existential threat, in unexpectedly large…
Lightning-fast partisan redistricting reflects new America
In an evening social media post about a supremely partisan battle that could reshape American political power for generations, President Trump sounded ebullient.“Big WIN for…
California redistricting commissioners split over gerrymander
For Patricia Sinay, one of the highlights of her life was serving on the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which spent well over a year painstakingly…
Texas Gov. Abbott says he’ll swiftly sign redistricting maps after lawmakers approve them
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to quickly sign off on a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map gerrymandered to help the GOP maintain…
More Californians say ‘yes’ than ‘no’ to temporary redistricting
What Californians think about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional districts has been a source of hot debate.Republicans rallied around polling…
Millions of dollars flow into redistricting battle on November ballot
Millions of dollars began flowing into campaigns supporting and opposing an effort to redraw California’s congressional districts on the November ballot, notably $10 million from…
California voters support Newsom’s redistricting plan, poll finds
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to temporarily redraw California’s congressional districts has more support than opposition — but with many voters undecided, the measure’s prospects remain…