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Former President Barack Obama He said Wednesday he respected the re-division plan proposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to add Democratic seats in the blue state.
“I believe Governor Newsom’s approach is a responsible approach,” Obama said during a fundraising event held by Martha in Vineyards in Martha, Massachusetts. “It will be responsible, he said. We are not trying to maximize it completely.”
He added: “We can only do this if Texas and/or other Republican states start pulling these moves. Otherwise, this won’t take effect.”
Obama praises Democrats who fled Texas to re-dividend vote as “inspiring”
Former President Barack Obama spoke at the Obama Democracy Forum in Chicago on December 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Obama posted on X on Wednesday that Grimand should not be involved politics. On the contrary, according to ideological competition, this should be a “fair struggle” between Republicans and Democrats.
Changes in House seats in Texas and California could shift control of Congress in 2026. Some analysts say that if Newsom’s plan succeeds, Democrats could add up to five seats in California, eliminating Republican gains in Texas.
Newsom’s plan is aimed at responding to Texas’ move to re-dividing Congress ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
In Austin, the Republican-led state capitol resumed its meeting last week at the second consecutive special session of the conservative Republican Party. Governor Greg Abbott.
But Republicans in the Texas House were blocked from voting for two weeks on the new map, with dozens of democratic representatives fleeing the state denying Republican quorum in the Texas House.
Newsom reveals California’s rezoning efforts to counter the push for Trump support in Texas

Accompanied by California Representative Gavin Newsom, California Representative Gavin Newsom, discussed efforts to arrange special elections in the California Congressional voting area at a press conference in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
“As Texas is taking guidance from the partisan White House and moving vans in the middle of the mid-decade, I have a lot of respect for their policies despite their unpopularity. Governor News Already approaching that,” Obama wrote on X.
The former commander said Newsom proposed a “intelligent, measured approach” that aims to solve “very special problem at very special moments.”
Newsom will hold special elections this year to get voter approval to cancel the constitutional amendment that creates a nonpartisan redivision committee Fox News Digital Digital Previous reports.

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks in a bill signed on April 23 at the state capitol building in Austin, Texas. (Brendan Bell/Getty Image)
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California Republicans The MPs vowed to fight.
Paul Steinhauser and Jasmine Baehr and the Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.

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