After a panel of federal judges in Texas this week struck down that state’s recently redrawn congressional maps, voters in California might be wondering if that means the Golden State will halt its own mid-decade redistricting plan.

After all, when Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California Democrats began talking about redistricting early on , they framed it as a counter to the gerrymandering in Texas that was meant to benefit Republicans there. In selling the idea to voters that California should adopt new maps that benefit Democrats, Newsom said , just before he signed a bill to call the special election , “We’re responding (to) what occurred in Texas; we’re neutralizing what occurred.”

However, now that Texas may not be able to move forward with its redistricting plan — the rec

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