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BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT DEVELOPING NEWS OUT OF THE STATE CAPITOL. WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE PROPOSED REDRAWN DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA’S CONGRESSIONAL MAPS. STATE DEMOCRATS HOPE THEIR MAPS ...

California voters will head into the 2026 midterms using a congressional map designed to blunt Texas’ aggressive mid‑cycle redistricting — and to give Democrats a clearer path to flipping control of ...

EDIE. I’M JOINED NOW BY PAUL MITCHELL, THE HEAD OF REDISTRICTING PARTNERS. HE IS THE MAN BEHIND THOSE PROPOSED MAPS. PAUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SO JUST WITH YOU ...