California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature opened debate on a package to revise the map and place it in front of voters for final approval in a special November election. The election is necessary because California Democrats must override their state’s voter-approved nonpartisan commission that drew the existing congressional map.

In a direct counter to Texas, California Democrats, led by Governor Gavin Newsom, are scheduled to pass a new congressional map to create up to five new winnable seats. However, California’s process is more complex than Texas’s. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Redistricting California: Newly proposed congressional maps released