There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month. The first shot was President Donald Trump requesting that Texas Governor Greg Abbott create five new Republican congressional districts to make it more likely that the Republicans hold on to the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The Republican-dominated Texas legislature has now adopted such a plan, hoping to avoid the typical midterm election outcome of the party occupying the White House losing 20 or more House seats. Given that the Democrats would only have to pick up four seats to take control of the House, the Texas action is highly meaningful.

The next shot came from California Governor Gavin Newsom , who fired back with a threat to rewrite his s

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