Former President Barack Obama is in favor of California’s redistricting plan.
The former president threw his support behind the effort while the state legislature continues to advance bills to convene a special election in November, when voters would decide whether to implement congressional maps for the next three elections.
“Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas,” Obama said in a post on X.
“But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and maintain the House despite their unpopular policies, I have tremendous respect for how Gov. Newsom has approached this,” the post continued. “He’s put forward a smart, measured approach in California, designed to address a very particular problem at a very particular moment in time.”
Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and… t.co/6YeqWg6Zv3
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 20, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom kicked off California’s redistricting campaign with a rally in Los Angeles last week.
The governor has touted the partisan gerrymandering as a way to counter similar redistricting efforts in Republican-led states, including Texas, where President Donald Trump has said his party is “entitled to five more seats.”
Republicans, meanwhile, are vastly opposed to mid-cycle redistricting in California. GOP legislators filed a lawsuit with the state’s Supreme Court earlier this week, asking it to intervene and halt continued work in the legislature on the redistricting bills.
The proposed legislation says redistricting would only be triggered if “Texas, Florida, or another state adopts” new congressional maps between now and January 2031 that are not mandated by a federal court. It also calls for a special election in November where voters would have the final say on whether to implement the partisan maps for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections.
Meanwhile, the Republican-controlled Texas House on Wednesday gave initial approval to a redistricting plan that is meant to shore up extra seats for the GOP.
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