California state lawmakers are taking a series of votes in a bid to pass a mid-decade redistricting plan, a move that comes just hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

California state Democrats are pushing new redistricting efforts as a new Trump-backed congressional map makes its way through the Texas legislature.

Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout that stalled efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps.

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on Wednesday interrupted a Zoom call promoting Democratic redistricting fights to say she was being threatened with a felony before abruptly leaving the bathroom where she had been speaking.

While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.

A plan by Texas House Democrats to block a Republican redistricting effort until the complete release of the Jeffrey Epstein files failed on Wednesday. Why it matters: The Democratic effort, which aimed to put pressure on the Trump administration regarding the president's association with Epstein,

Mid-decade redistricting in California is also illegal under the state’s constitution. Newsom and state Democrats are leading a drive to change all that and hold a voter referendum on Nov. 4 to throw out those laws and circumvent the commission.

How much will Newsom's redistricting special election cost California? As of right now, it's unclear. The Legislature has not earmarked funds or identified an official estimated cost.