Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map. (Godofredo A.

The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas.

Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved. By J. David Goodman Shane Goldmacher and ...

An analysis of the proposed redistricting map by PlanScore, a nonprofit that analyzes political maps, shows the new 8th District would give Democrats just a 1% chance of winning. But high-profile ...

Democrats are responding to Texas Republicans with plans to redraw political maps that could slash 5 GOP-held House seats. The Dems' move is to counter Republican plans to redraw House districts to ...

Congressional redistricting and gerrymandering are back in the news. Texas Republicans are creating create five new safe GOP districts, and other red states are trying to do the same. Blue states — ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - There’s a new legal effort aimed at blocking new political maps in Missouri from being used in next year’s midterm election. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in Cole County on Tuesday ...

For Patricia Sinay, one of the highlights of her life was serving on the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which spent well over a year painstakingly plotting out the state's political ...