Celebrating his recent redistricting victory, the california governor swooped into a state led by a republican rival and sent the latest signal about his presidential ambitions. Fresh off a resounding victory to gerrymander congressional maps to help democrats, gov Gavin newsom of california chose to celebrate in the place where the nation’s escalating redistricting fight started “we can shape the future here in texas,” he said saturday at a union hall in houston packed with cheering democrats. Gavin newsom speaks at a rally in houston on saturday, days after california voters overwhelmingly supported proposition 50 on tuesday, a plan newsom crafted to directly target. Gavin newsom’s victory lap over passage of proposition 50 reached texas on saturday, days after his state greenlit his plan to blunt gov
Greg abbott’s redistricting effort to get more texas republicans in congress Before newsom could start speaking during his brief stop at a rally in houston, the crowd of around 800 democrats took the chance to yell out. Gavin newsom (d) will hold a rally in texas on saturday opposing the state’s redistricting efforts alongside local democratic lawmakers, days after golden state voters backed … Politics greg abbott and gavin newsom are both appearing in houston this weekend the governors of texas and california have been at odds in recent months over their respective pushes to redistrict.
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