Greg Abbott (R), where lawmakers aim to redraw Texas’s election map — a move backed by President Donald Trump — the state legislature will reconvene Tuesday for a second straight day without dozens of Democrats,

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he plans to put new district lines in front of voters in a special election on Nov. 4, but only if Texas moves forward with its redistricting plans.

California’s Texas-thwarting gerrymander has swiftly transformed from fantasy to reality. Democrats in the House and the state Legislature are coalescing around a plan to draw a half-dozen Republican incumbents into oblivion — and persuade California voters to approve the new congressional maps before next year’s midterms.