California’s move to launch a redistricting effort ahead of next year’s midterms has piled new pressure on other blue states to follow suit.

Capitol Hill Democrats are hailing Thursday’s announcement by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) to redraw the House map in the Golden State, saying the changes are essential to counteract a similar gambit by Texas Republicans, which is expected to lend the GOP as many as five additional seats in the next Congress.

But the Democrats don’t want to stop there, pressing party leaders in Illinois, New York and even Maryland to take a page from Newsom’s playbook to help the party flip control of the House — and establish a check on President Trump — following next year’s elections.

Newsom, himself, has taken the lead, publicly exhorting the leaders of Illinoi

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