California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Democratic supermajority in the state to craft and push a new congressional map that favors Democrats in an effort to nullify the expected new congressional map from Texas.

California begins its plan to add more Democrats to Congress. The California legislature will consider three bills that will allow a special election.

California Democrats are taking up their proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their congressional maps, hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.