California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called on state lawmakers to approve a November ballot measure that would allow for a new congressional map, part of an effort to fight back against Republicans' mid-decade redistricting plans in Texas and elsewhere.

“Today is Liberation Day in the state of California,” Gavin Newsom proclaimed today in downtown L.A. of the legislative effort to stop Donald Trump from “rigging the system” with gerrymandering and other blows against American democracy. “I know they say don’t mess with Texas, well don’t mess with the great Golden State.” “We’ve got to …

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor to replicate the effort in statehouses controlled by both parties.