A new 2028 presidential poll found Gavin Newsom is the top choice of 25% of California's Democratic voters, followed by Kamala Harris at 19%.

Redistricting takes center stage on Wednesday, with California and Texas state lawmakers set to consider their efforts to gerrymander congressional districts to benefit Democrats in the West and Republicans in the Lone Star State.

The governor is the top presidential contender among Democratic-leaning voters in the state, according to the latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey.

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor.

Lawmakers could pass a measure before the end of their annual session in mid-September, though the details remain unsettled.

California Democrats released proposed congressional redistricting maps as their fight with Trump and Texas escalates.

Dozens of Texas House Democrats left the state more than two weeks ago to deny their Republican-majority colleagues the attendance necessary to vote on redrawn congressional maps.

SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats on Friday finalized their plan to snatch five GOP House seats next year by redrawing the state’s congressional lines, according to a copy of the new House map and other documents submitted to the Legislature on behalf of the DCCC.