The governor is the top presidential contender among Democratic-leaning voters in the state, according to the latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey.

Four California Republicans filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block Governor Gavin Newsom's redistricting plan, which would create five new Democratic U.S. congressional seats in his state.

Herb Gooch, a professor emeritus of political science at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, said he doesn't think the new district map would change much for Simi Valley residents.

Governor Gavin Newsom has rallied enough support from local Democratic leaders to plow ahead with a controversial initiative to redraw California’s congressional maps. A key next task: tapping the state’s wealthy to help sell the plan to voters.

Other Democratic lawmakers have joined a colleague in staying at the Texas Capitol rather than accept around-the-clock police escorts meant to prevent them from blocking a vote on a Republican plan f...