The battle between states attempting to redraw congressional maps mid-decade is now being called the “redistricting war.” The results could upend the midterm elections and determine control of the U.S. House. At the center of this fight are the nation’s two states with the most members in Congress: Texas and California.

Republicans are plowing forward with plans for redistricting in several other states now that Texas is poised to approve its newly redrawn maps. The Lone Star State kicked off the redistricting arms race when Republicans in the state Legislature agreed to move forward with rewriting their congressional lines at the insistence of President Trump.

State Rep. Briscoe Cain kicked off what operatives expect to be a flurry of campaign announcements with a bid for Houston’s 9th Congressional District.

California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom has upped the ante in his feud with President Donald Trump by feverishly promoting his “Real Patriot” alternative to MAGA merchandise.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) continued his recent campaign of mocking President Trump’s branding by starting a “PATRIOT SHOP” on Sunday. “THE PATRIOT SHOP IS NOW OPEN!!!!” Newsom said in a Sunday post on the social platform X,