Gavin Newsom's plan to counter President Donald Trump's election gerrymander in Texas with his own redistricting play in California is on its way to voters. The California Legislature on Thursday approved his proposal calling for a special election on a ballot measure that would suspend the state's current congressional districts,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his Democratic supermajority to push a new congressional map that favors Democrats in an effort to nullify the expected new map from Texas.