Bianco - who is sheriff of Riverside County and the leading Republican candidate for California governor - mistakenly referred to the Central Coast as the Central Valley. Granted, it's an easy mistake, since they both start with "Central." Also, you can't see the ocean from Templeton.

A Kentucky governor visited the Lowcountry to offer his advice on how he won several times in the Palmetto State.

Maybe we’ll do it here in California,” he said of Trump’s mandate that Texas Republicans redistrict to win five more GOP seats.

More than one million Houstonians could have new congressional representation as early as next year under Gov. Greg Abbott's push to redraw the state's political maps.

With midterm elections approaching, political leaders across the country are sharpening strategies to retain or flip key congressional seats - and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is signaling a possible shift in redistricting policy if Texas redraws its maps to favor Republicans.

While redistricting is a normal process, it usually happens after a census— every 10 years — which makes the Texas governor's plans to draw new congressional maps under a time of emergency seem like gerrymandering to his critics, which includes Gov. Newsom.

State supreme courts have always made big decisions, but the nationalization of American politics – where national partisan politics drive voter behavior in local elections – has elevated the controversy over state supreme court decisions on issues such as reproductive rights, trans rights, COVID-19 restrictions, environmental protection and more.