The national fight over redistricting is ramping up in this week, with several states taking new steps to redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections.

Why it matters: These changes could have reverberations for years as Democrats and Republicans scramble to nullify each other's gains. • Some states, for instance, are taking steps to bypass their independent redistricting commissions in order to embark on mid-decade redistricting. • What could lie ahead is a never-ending, zero-sum arms race to squeeze every last drop of partisan advantage out of every congressional map. • "Left to their own devices, the partisans in these different states have sort of already told us where they're going with this," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios.

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