Democratic leaders in Illinois and Maryland are under growing pressure to move forward with redistricting as they eye potential White House bids in 2028 and Republicans in other states move forward with rewriting their own congressional lines.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) has said all options are on the table for redistricting in his state, while Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has said he is not inclined to engage in partisan redistricting but said Democrats would think about how to counter GOP efforts if they spread to other red states.

Their comments come as the redistricting battle spreads across the country, and as potential Democratic presidential contenders take note of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) popular response to similar gerrymandering efforts in Texas.

“You have to imagine that Pritzker and Wes Moore are looking at the kind of attention that Gavin Newsom got,” said Dan Kanninen, a Democratic strategist and battleground states director for former Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.

“That’s the kind of thing a campaign tactician might look at and said, 'Oh boy, we want to replicate some of that to build our own national profile,'” he added.

On Wednesday, Missouri’s GOP-controlled General Assembly convened to consider mid-decade redistricting after Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) called a special session on the matter. The move comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) recently signed into law a new congressional map that could net the party as many as........

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