Newsom tells Texas crowd taking back House is 'the whole thing' for Democrats in 2026

California Gov Gavin Newsom in Texas on Saturday advised a crowd that Democrats winning back the House of Representatives in is the whole thing Newsom continued to ride high over the weekend four days after California s Proposition to redistrict the state s congressional map in favor of Democrats passed in a landslide Newsom also couldn t resist taking a jab at his frequent foe President Donald Trump He is an historic president however historically unpopular he advised the crowd in Houston And he had a very bad night on Tuesday OBAMA CALLS NEWSOM'S CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING MOVE A 'RESPONSIBLE APPROACH' TO GOP TACTICSAlong with Prop in California Democrats also won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani handily beat Democrat-turned-Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral voting Proposition was a response to Texas legislature redistricting their congressional map in favor of Republicans over the summer and on Tuesday after Proposition passed Newsom called on other Democratic states to follow suit We need to see other states their remarkable leaders that have been doing remarkable things meet this moment head-on as well he stated in a late-night news conference on Tuesday We can de facto end Donald Trump s presidency as we know it the minute Speaker Jeffries gets sworn in as speaker of the House of Representatives It is all on the line NEWSOM SET TO RALLY TEXAS DEMS WITH ACHIEVEMENT LAP DAYS AFTER PROP PASSES 'CALIFORNIA STEPPED UP'He continued his celebration on Saturday telling the crowd There were lines around the block two hours after polling had stopped because people yearned to be heard not just seen they yearned to send a message But as I announced we cannot rest until we take it back The governor reiterated There is no more critical race in our lifetimes than the House of Representatives and taking back the House and getting speaker Hakeem Jeffries sworn in next November It's the whole thing It's the whole thing And so that starts in the modern day he continued It started on Tuesday Newsom added We can shape the future here in Texas We can shape the future all across the South and across the United States of America You have that power Trump and the GOP have spearheaded an effort to pad the party's razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the midterms when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats Missouri North Carolina and Ohio have drawn new maps as part of the president's push Trump is aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the midterm elections Although he hasn t stated his intentions to run for president Newsom has been widely seen as a attainable frontrunner for Democrats in the presidential voting process While two other Democratic blue state governors with likely national ambitions in JB Pritzker of Illinois and Wes Moore of Maryland are mulling new maps in their states to create one or two more blue-leaning congressional districts Newsom has been the preponderance visible leader so far in the redistricting wars and the first Democrat to succeed Fox News Paul Steinhauser contributed to this record