Republicans are plowing forward with plans for redistricting in several other states now that Texas is poised to approve its newly redrawn maps. The Lone Star State kicked off the redistricting arms race when Republicans in the state legislature agreed to move forward with rewriting their congressional lines at the insistence of President Trump.
Now, as Democrats in California look to counter Texas with their own redistricting plan, the GOP is setting its sights on states from Florida to Indiana to Missouri, signaling a new phase of the fight. “There's not much more Democrats can do at this point, which is kind of part and parcel of the Republican reason behind doing this,” said Missouri Republican strategist Gregg Keller. “The question is whether or not we are going to unilaterally disar