Pritzker accused Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of "thwarting the will of the American people" and Illinois' Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said the state is willing to keep all options on the table, which includes redrawing their maps in kind. Though Illinois has been accused of unfairly skewing its own maps in favor of Democrats.

Democrats in the House and the state Legislature are coalescing around a plan to draw a half-dozen Republican incumbents into oblivion — and persuade California voters to approve the new congressional maps before next year’s midterms.

Texas governor says he wants to oust and replace Democratic lawmakers who fled the state, but that might be a challenge and take some time, the state’s GOP AG says.

Attempting to thwart a Republican move to draw more GOP districts, Democratic lawmakers in Texas fled the state for Illinois. That maneuver, however, wouldn’t work in Florida if Gov. Ron DeSantis called lawmakers in for a redistricting session,

Texas Democrats have left the state legislature without enough lawmakers to function as Republicans look to impose a new congressional map favorable to the GOP. Democratic State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer and Republican State Rep.