FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Battle of the seats, as California Governor Gavin Newsom responded to Texas's redistricting effort to secure five additional Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by proposing new congressional districts in California.

On Friday, a first look of the proposed maps was obtained by our sister station in San Francisco, KGO.

Republican assemblywoman, Alexandra Macedo of Tulare, reacted to those new lines, "And we are sitting here wasting time and energy and money on this, on political games rather than actually serving the people."

Macedo continues to question, "Why are we doing this? So Gavin Newsom can make sure that he solidifies his 2028 presidential bid, and we read right through it."

New maps suggest some changes to valley districts including

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