State Gerrymandering Surge Ends Path to Proportional Representation

“We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time. And we are going to keep the pressure on . . .” –Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, April 22, 2026 Borrowing a slogan from the Trump White House , Jeffries was describing mid-decade gerrymandering in Texas, California, Virginia, and half a dozen other states , with others queued up behind them. This new escalatory dynamic in…