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Topline As the Texas legislature prepares to pass a new congressional map eliminating Democratic House seats and California Gov. Gavin Newsom begins a campaign to reshape the Golden State’s congressional districts, legislators in a slew of other states are suggesting plans to reshape the country’s congressional districts before the 2026 midterm elections. Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu returns to the state legislature on Monday after leaving the state to break quorum during a special session. Getty Images Key Facts Republicans have shown interest in redrawing maps in at least three states where they control the legislature and the governorship: Florida, Ohio and Missouri. Democrats only control both the legislature and governorship in a handful of states that don’t rely on independent commissions to draw congressional districts, meaning options to respond to Republican challenges are limited unless the commissions are scrapped. Some Democratic leaders, including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, are exploring options to end independent redistricting commissions in their states, with the New York governor telling reporters at a press conference early this month “if Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice, we must do the same.” Several states under Democratic control send delegations to Congress with only Democratic representatives—such as Connecticut, New Mexico and Massachusetts—meaning there is no room to pick up additional seats there. News Peg Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives returned to the state Monday after leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new congressional maps during a special session. A Texas Senate panel has already approved another redistricting plan to bring before the legislature, the Texas Tribune reported, redrawing Texas’s congressional districts to potentially give Republicans up to five more seats. However, House Democratic Caucus Chair…

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