As Texas Republicans move ahead with redistricting to protect or even expand the GOP’s slim majority in the US House, Democratic-run states, led by California, are pushing forward with their own efforts to draw new maps and add Democratic seats.

California Democrats are pursuing a plan to redraw congressional maps amid the efforts in Texas to redistrict, which could hand the GOP five more House seats. David Becker, the executive director at the Center for Election Innovation and Research,

The battle over the re-drawing of congressional maps continues with Texas and California leading the way. Texas Democrats remain out of state, preventing a vote on maps that benefit Republicans. Meanwhile,

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is set to introduce legislation that would halt the nationwide partisan redistricting process if passed in the House. Kiley’s legislation, which stops any mid-decade redistricting,

Although Kiley slammed Newsom, the most immediate impact of his legislation would be to nix the controversial Republican effort to rejigger Texas congressional map.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced Monday he plans to introduce federal legislation that would prohibit mid-decade redistricting nationwide. The bill would nullify any new congressional or legislative district maps adopted by states before the next U.

The two states' existing maps putting Democrats within just three seats of reclaiming a U.S. House majority in the midterms.