California’s redistricting measure, which Gov. Newsom signed into law last Thursday, is an “emergency defensive tactic,” says a former Santa Barbara County redistricting committee member.

Democrats were forced into a generational fight in Texas — and the next younger generation won. As Texas Republicans pressed forward with a mid-decade redistricting plan to shore up the GOP’s miniscule House minority,

Both Republicans and Democrats have in the past utilized redistricting —or the redrawing of congressional district borders following the population census every 10 years—for political gain. But in July,