Issa could head to Texas to run in the state\u2019s 32nd Congressional District currently represented by Democratic Rep. Julie Johnson after Texas split her district in the controversial GOP-friendly redistricting effort. The redistricting incited California to redraw its districts in favor of Democrats, which made the path forward more difficult for Issa,\u00a0Punchbowl News reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n Issa was significantly affected by California\u2019s newly redrawn maps that voters approved last month. The change transformed the landscape from a district where Trump won by 15 points to new boundaries where former Vice President Kamala Harris would have won by 3 points, according to the Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n A source told Fox News Digital Issa did not “go looking” for the opportunity but that friends in Texas encouraged him to run, and he is “working through it.”<\/p>\n GOP LAWMAKER FLIPS SCRIPT ON NEWSOM, BASS BY DEFINING ANTI-ICE RIOTS WITH 1 WORD<\/a><\/p>\n A source told Fox News Digital that friends in Texas approached Rep. Darrell Issa and encouraged him to run for Congress in Texas’ 32nd Congressional District. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Further complicating the situation is the fact that redistricting in both California and Texas is facing legal challenges. And it is unclear whether they will be in effect for next year\u2019s critical midterm election that will decide the balance of power in Congress.<\/p>\n The Supreme Court is expected to decide on Texas’ redistricting in the next few days after\u00a0a panel of federal judges blocked the state from using its redrawn congressional map, calling it “racially gerrymandered,” a ruling which Republicans across the country have\u00a0blasted as a “double standard.”<\/a><\/p>\n CALIFORNIA VOTERS PASS CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PROPOSITION IN VICTORY FOR NEWSOM, DEMOCRATS<\/a><\/p>\n Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed redistricting in California, which is expected to nullify any advantage Republicans would have picked up from Texas’ redistricting. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli, File)<\/p>\n In California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom successfully backed a ballot measure to erase the new seats Republicans were likely to pick up in Texas, Trump\u2019s Department of Justice has\u00a0filed a lawsuit<\/a> challenging the redistricting, arguing that race was “used as a proxy” in California to justify creating districts favorable to Democrats.<\/p>\n The move by Republicans in Texas to attempt to add more GOP seats has created a political firestorm across the country as lawmakers in other states have pledged to make counteracting moves as Republicans try to defend a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, where Democrats need a pickup of just three seats to win back control.<\/p>\n![\"Darrell-Issa-smiling\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/darrell-issa-smile.jpg\")
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