The vote overcame weeks of protests from House Democrats who fled the state to stall a vote on the mid-cycle redistricting.

California and Texas, the country's two most populous states, are getting closer to redrawing their congressional districts in a political fight sparked by President Trump.

California Democrats scored a victory after passing a plan that could net them five more House seats in the midterm elections.

California's state legislature on Thursday passed the bills that comprise the state's plan to put new congressional bills on the ballot in a November special election, in retaliation for a congressional redistricting plan moving forward in Texas.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a series of bills calling for new congressional maps that could add up to five Democratic seats in Congress, a response to an ongoing, Trump-led effort in Texas to use redistricting there to carve out five additional GOP seats.

Michigan has independent redistricting and a divided state government that pretty much take it out of the fight over congressional maps before 2026.