California will move forward with plans to redraw its congressional map in an effort to counteract possible GOP gains in Texas in next year’s midterm elections.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled plans on Thursday to alter the state’s boundaries to try to flip at least five seats into Democratic control next November — negating the five Republican seats Texas lawmakers hope to gain with their new maps currently under consideration. The plan would require approval from California voters to amend the state’s constitution with a provision to change the congressional map until 2030.

“We have got to recognize the cards that have been dealt, and we have got to meet fire with fire. And we’ve got to be held to a higher-level accountability,” Newsom said on Thursday. “We’re doing this in reac

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