A new poll showed widespread support for the state's independent redistricting commission, which could temporarily take a back seat.

The governor must convince Californians to adopt a ballot initiative allowing Democrats to redraw congressional maps and neutralize GOP gains in Texas.

Some of California’s most powerful politicians and unions rallied in Los Angeles for a ballot measure tilting the state’s House maps further toward Democrats.

"This is a guy who lays claim to want to get a Nobel Prize, sitting there and bending his knee to Mr. Putin," Newsom told a fired-up crowd.

Speaking to reporters after his campaign launch, Newsom batted away criticism, saying Trump had struck first by saying he was “entitled” to a GOP congressional majority. The governor had earlier this week asked Trump to block Texas and other red state from moving forward with their own redistricting efforts.

The latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found that strong majorities in both parties prefer an independent panel draw the House district lines.

NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS: California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on state lawmakers to allow a November ballot measure to redraw congressional districts as Democrats seek ways to combat Republicans' mid-decade redistricting efforts in states like Texas.

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport and Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said California Governor Gavin Newsom has 'wrecked' California.