Democrats have used redistricting in states where they are the majority for years already, eliminating as many Republican members of Congress as they can.
Republicans recently took up the agenda, with the now-approved plan in Texas that changes five districts that were seen as secure for Democrats into districts where GOP candidates will have more support.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has threatened to respond in kind in his state.
But a new analysis at the Washington Stand warns the leftist party to pull back before it loses too much more.
It cites the ironic threats from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, responding to Texas’ moves, to punish Republicans in her state by redistricting there.
“Only for the media to point out that they have no Republican districts,” the analysis noted.
The facts reveal that Democrats already have pushed their schemes to redistrict Republicans out of Congress whenever and wherever they can, and now are, more or less, backed up to a wall.
Their “tantrum” over Texas “may have made for good television, but it’s turning out to be a terrible strategy,” the analysis noted.
“Part of the price of painting Republicans as gerrymandering cheats is exposing the Democrats’ own years-long hustle of rigging congressional maps. Now that the spotlight is on, Americans are finally getting a good look at how badly the Left has abused the system in blue states. And it isn’t pretty,” the analysis said.
“In one of the truest silver linings of this unexpected storyline of 2025, Republicans are finally pulling back the curtain on how liberal leaders have spent decades scamming the system. While governors like Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., are showing plenty of bravado in their threats to retaliate, the reality is this: they’re picking a fight they’ll almost certainly lose.”
Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., noted the “injustices” that Joe Biden introduced during his lone term in office.
“We’re starting to learn a lot more of what happened through the 2020 election and what happened through the redistricting that took place in 2021,” he said. “And if you look at some of these states like California, Illinois, [and] New York, they have all redistricted in a way that has really made the balance of power very unfair.”
Take Illinois, he said. “Out of the 17 districts in Illinois, only two are Republicans. Look at California. They’ve got over 50 some seats, and the minority is, of course, Republican.”
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., being put in the bull’s-eye by Newsom’s agenda, said in that state Democrats, are “going to draw the maps first, and then they say they’re going to go to the ballot and ask people for permission to set aside the Constitution on that.”
That would, he said, be in violation of existing state law.
“There [are] 52 members of the House in our state, [and] it’s 43 [Democrats] to nine [Republicans] right now,” he said. Noting that Democrats want to eliminate another five Republicans, he said, “Whatever the word democracy [means], this isn’t it. This is … the most blatant example, I think, of a power play I’ve seen in all the years I’ve ever observed politics in, at least in my home state here.”
Now other states, with more evenly distributed representations, are looking at their district maps – because of California’s agenda.
Stutzman said, in fact, Republicans just now are beginning an effort that the Democrats long have used.
“We’re looking at the numbers from the elections over the past several cycles and realizing that California, Illinois, and New York have already done this, and it gives them a huge advantage,” he confirmed.
He blames the media for being complicit, because, “They didn’t say anything about the fact that Republicans in Illinois [are] underrepresented in Washington, D.C. and [in] states like Indiana. … We’re stepping back and saying, ‘You know what? If this is the way that the game is going to be played, the Democrats have started this process already. We’re going to push back, and we’re going to fight back,’”
The Washington Times has warned, “Things could get worse for Democrats. … Republicans face fewer hurdles in the red states of Indiana, Missouri and Ohio, where they are considering the Trump-inspired mid-decade map changes that could boost the GOP’s chances of defending their thin House majority in the midterm elections next year.”
As FRC Action Director Matt Carpenter cautioned, “Democrats would be wise to do everything in their power to tamp down the ‘redistricting war,’ as some have called it, simply because they do not have as deep of a reservoir of potential new districts to draw in the states they control as Republicans do. Most Democratic states have already maxed out the party’s share of their congressional delegations by aggressively gerrymandering over the years.”
