Gavin Newsom formally kicked off his push Thursday to redraw California’s congressional maps in response to a Republican-led effort in Texas, setting up the next stage of his fight against both the Trump administration and a coalition of gerrymandering opponents within the state.

Democratic Gov. Newsom teams with congressional leaders to unveil strategy against GOP efforts to create Republican-friendly districts in multiple states.

Democratic lawmakers and their allies announced a special-election campaign on Thursday asking voters to allow California’s congressional districts to be redrawn to decrease the size of the state’s Republican delegation — a move that could determine control of Congress next year and stymie President Trump’s agenda. The effort is an attempt to counter GOP-led states, notably Texas, attempting to redraw their congressional maps to decrease Democratic ranks in the U.S. House of Representatives at Trump’s behest. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.