Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett will no longer run for reelection to his seat if Republicans' redrawn House map isn't shot down in court.

While Gov. Greg Abbott blasted through a Democratic blockade and advanced a new congressional map, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is eying a new map in his state.

A plan by Texas House Democrats to block a Republican redistricting effort until the complete release of the Jeffrey Epstein files failed on Wednesday. Why it matters: The Democratic effort, which aimed to put pressure on the Trump administration regarding the president's association with Epstein,

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier on Wednesday interrupted a Zoom call promoting Democratic redistricting fights to say she was being threatened with a felony before abruptly leaving the bathroom where she had been speaking.

Mid-decade redistricting in California is also illegal under the state’s constitution. Newsom and state Democrats are leading a drive to change all that and hold a voter referendum on Nov. 4 to throw out those laws and circumvent the commission.

The new map could secure the GOP five additional seats in Congress in next year's midterms. Democrats say they now plan to challenge the map in court.

The Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP.