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Obama applauds Newsom’s California redistricting plan

'A responsible approach': Obama backs California's response to Texas redistricting

The former president lent his support to Gov. Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting plan shortly before Republicans in Texas passed their bill to redraw congressional lines.

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Obama backs Newsom’s California redistricting plan

Barack Obama has backed Gavin Newsom’s plan to redraw California’s voting map. The former US president said it was a necessary step to stave off Donald Trump’s efforts to redistrict Texas, which would favour Republicans in the state.

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Obama calls Newsom’s redistricting plan ‘a responsible approach’ in response to Texas Republicans redrawing maps

Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he supported a proposal by California Democrats to redraw congressional lines in response to a Republican-led push in Texas to gain additional US House seats but expressed unease with the broader effects of political gerrymandering.

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Obama makes rare political intervention to weigh in on Texas redistricting and back Newsom

It came after Democratic lawmakers in Texas temporarily fled to deny the statehouse a quorum, thereby temporarily halting ...

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Texas House to take up GOP congressional map delayed by Democrats’ walkout

Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.

California Democrats hold hearings on new congressional map to counter Trump-backed redistricting

California state lawmakers have started a series of legislative hearings to advance a partisan plan aimed at winning ...

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