California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is receiving a boost from his state’s voters as he moves to counter a plan backed by President Donald Trump, his longtime pollster wrote in an internal memo released by Axios on Thursday.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) on Governor Gavin Newsom's attempt to redraw California's congressional districts: REP. KEVIN KILEY: Some other state is doing something that's so bad and sinister we are going to do it too.

The California governor is pitching his plan as a deadly blow to Trump’s presidency. But it could end his own career on a very sour note.

Newsom said his state will move forward with plans for a November special election that would allow Democrats to redraw congressional maps.

The California governor says at a Thursday press conference in Los Angeles that he aims to gain five U.S. House seats in 2026.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his state will redraw its districts to establish more Democratic congressional seats.

California’s governor joins Democrats nationally in wanting to stop the president’s aggressive MAGA-based agenda.

Republicans hold a 219-212 majority in the House, with four vacancies. New maps are typically drawn once a decade after the census is conducted. Many states, including Texas, give legislators the power to draw maps. California is among states that rely on an independent commission that is supposed to be nonpartisan.