OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR August 11, 2025
President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington. DC 20500
Re: Calling Off Mid•Decade Redistricting Efforts
Dear Mr. President.
I am writing to ask you to call on the governor of Texas and other red states. who are acting on your request to draw new congressional maps through an unprecedented, mid decade hyper partisan gerrymander to rig the upcoming midterm elections, to stop those efforts.
You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains you hope to make. This attempt to rig congressional maps to hold onto power before a single vote is cast in the 2026 election is an affront to American democracy.
This is not what the Founders envisioned, and California cannot stand idly by as this power grab unfolds. I do not do this lightly, as I believe legislative district maps should be drawn by independent, citizen led efforts, as we have done in California for the last two decades.
If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states. But if the other states call off their redistricting efforts, we will happily do the same. And American democracy will be better for it.
Sincerely,
Gavin Newsom Governor of California
Source: Office of the Governor
