•In an Aug. 21 statement, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, commented on the recent passage of a package of bills allowing California voters to determine whether the state should temporarily redraw its congressional maps through 2030 to counter the Trump administration and Texas Republicans’ partisan redistricting. “The only reason we are in this situation is because Donald Trump demanded that the Texas governor and Legislature create five more Republican House seats, rigging the 2026 election before voting even begins…