Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Democrats jointly promoted California’s plan to redraw congressional lines and offset a redistricting scheme in Texas.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit directly to the all-Republican state Supreme Court on Friday seeking to have 13 of the Democratic lawmakers immediately removed from office, or at least given a 48-hour warning that they must return or have their offices declared vacated.

Newsom Announces November Vote on House District Map as Texas Democrats Flee State to Block GOP Efforts In an escalation of the national political battle over congressional redistricting, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will hold a special election in November on a ballot measure to redraw House district lines.