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Today — 8 November 2025Main stream

Why Democrats Could Win the Redistricting War

By: Nate Cohn
8 November 2025 at 00:37
Amending state constitutions seemed like a long shot, but Virginia’s move shows more blue states may be willing to try, opening new possibilities.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Senator Alex Padilla helped win support for an amendment to allow partisan gerrymandering in California.
Yesterday — 7 November 2025Main stream
Before yesterdayMain stream

Redistricting Battles, Set Off by Trump, Have Few Parallels in U.S. History

First, Texas redistricted. Other states followed, and now California. Some legal experts say it’s a crisis: “The wheels are coming off the car right now.”

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

California voters on Tuesday passed Proposition 50, which could create as many as five new Democratic-leaning districts for the 2026 midterm elections.

A State-by-State Guide to the Gerrymandering Fight for Congress

6 November 2025 at 00:55
A redistricting arms race, started by President Trump’s push to redraw Texas maps in Republicans’ favor, continues, but it may be reaching its limits.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Voters cast their ballots for Proposition 50 at the California Museum polling site on Tuesday.

Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps

6 November 2025 at 00:48
Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.

© Zaydee Sanchez for The New York Times

California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 50, a ballot measure that redrew the state’s congressional districts to help Democrats flip up to five seats next year.

6 Takeaways From Elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and Beyond

5 November 2025 at 23:21
In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to President Trump and his Republican Party.

© Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

Abigail Spanberger made fighting President Trump a central theme of her campaign for governor of Virginia.
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