SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

The Democrats, led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, are hitting back at the Texas Republican lawmakers with a proposed redistricting map of California. The Proposed Congressional Map aims to add five Democratic seats in the upcoming elections.

Redistricting, which typically happens every decade as the census updates, has created a new battleground between the Democrats and Republican-led states.

President Donald Trump first prompted Republican district representatives in the GOP stronghold of Texas to redraw congressional lines to give the party an advantage in the upcoming elections.

What followed was a two-week standoff in which Democratic Texas House representatives fled the state to stall the vote.

Texas' new congressional maps were eventually passed in an 8

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