California Democrats are taking a series of votes in a bid to pass a mid-decade redistricting plan, a day after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own. In California, the state Assembly and Senate are taking up a trio of bills that will allow for a special election to pass a constitutional amendment to replace the state’s existing congressional maps through 2030.

Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives, spurring what’s likel...

“This is a new Democratic Party, this is a new day, this is new energy out there all across this country,” Newsom said Wednesday on a call with reporters.

Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid a contentious partisan struggle over redistricting that is part ...

State Reps. Gene Wu and Vince Perez plan to stay on the House floor with her overnight, the aide said.