Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they do not return after dozens of them left the state

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a controversial vote on new congressional maps.

A House Republican said Monday that he plans to introduce legislation to ban mid-decade redistricting efforts nationwide — which would stymie his own party's push to create more GOP-leaning seats in Texas.

California's Democratic legislative leaders are not ready to talk publicly about Gov. Gavin Newsom's push to have lawmakers redraw the state's congressional maps to try to send more Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives, but behind closed doors they appear ready to follow his lead.

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on former Vice President Kamala Harris declining to run for the California governorship and Gov. Gavin Newsom's idea to redraw California's map if Texas redistricts.