As Texas moves forward with an off-cycle redistricting to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority, Gov. Gavin Newsom is plotting a Democratic response in California. But the state’s independent redistricting commission is a major obstacle.

Texas lawmakers traveled to California and Illinois meet with Govs. Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker, who are weighing redistricting to counter Texas.

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi became the latest to say Democrats should put “everything on the table” if Republicans in Texas are going to redistrict mid-decade.