A California Republican is pushing a invoice in Congress that will ban just about all redistricting earlier than 2030, a transfer that will kill President Trump’s effort to flip as much as 5 Democratic seats in Texas and likewise efforts to retaliate by blue states like New York and California.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) says he plans to introduce laws on Tuesday that will bar mid-decade nationwide and nullify any new maps authorised earlier than the subsequent census is carried out in 2030.
“This will also stop a damaging redistricting war from breaking out across the country,” Kiley mentioned in an announcement.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Photographs)
There was no instant remark from Trump, who has pushed the Texas effort to flip Democratic seats within the 2026 midterms, or GOP leaders in Congress who would wish to provide the inexperienced gentle for the measure to proceed.
Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs)
The Lone Star State GOP has launched the trouble after Trump demanded they discover a technique to give Republicans extra seats in an effort to carry onto the Home of Representatives in what’s shaping up as a tough political setting in 2026.
Democratic state lawmakers fled the state Monday and for now have succeeded in denying a quorum for Republicans to maneuver forward. However most analysts imagine the GOP can ultimately muscle via its transfer in Texas.
Republicans in different pink states like Missouri, Florida, Ohio and Indiana are additionally contemplating related efforts to nuke Democratic seats earlier than 2026.
However Democrats are contemplating responding with modifications of their very own.
Gov. Hochul can be vowing to battle hearth with hearth by redrawing New York’s map to increase Democratic edge from the present 19-7 margin, though any such effort is unlikely to take impact in time for the 2026 vote.
Initially Printed: August 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM EDT
