After voters backed a redraw of California’s congressional maps, Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa faces what could be the most competitive race in his more than two decades in Congress — if he stays in San Diego County.

With a real challenge from Democrats on his hands, Issa has considered leaving to run for a congressional seat in Texas, where Republican redistricting has created newly competitive seats ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

“I have to go where I can be of the most use,” he told a Dallas-area radio show on Wednesday. He added that he was meeting with President Donald Trump later in the day.

“The decision to come to Texas is going to be a combination of the president’s leadership and a willingness to take two chances,” he said. “Right now we are a united party under a

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