California Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening to retaliate against the mid-decade Texas planned redistricting of Congressional seats by initiating proceedings for a mid-decade California redistricting. Past actions by the state’s Democrats, rather than opposition from Republicans, will prevent him from doing so.Jerry Brown, who is also a Democrat, was Newsom’s immediate predecessor and was California’s governor from 2010 to 2018 (state office terms begin and end in December). Brown was also California’s governor from 1974 to 1982. After the 1980 elections, the Democrats also controlled both houses of the state legislature.Some of California’s Democrats in Congress or the state legislature lost seats in the 1980 elections. The 1981 redistricting was intended to gain more
