Retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) told the Nebraska Examiner that national and state conversations are happening about Nebraska legislators potentially redrawing the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District — though he emphasized that, to him, it was “nothing serious” yet.

Common Cause, which has led the fight against gerrymandering, “is in the midst of a tense internal debate over whether to modify its position opposing all partisan redistricting, a remarkable development in response to a gerrymandering war that has broken out across the nation,” the Christian Science Monitor reports.

“It’s a sign that after two decades of hard-won progress against partisan line-drawing, the movement is facing an existential crisis.”

NBC News: “Retaliation threats have come from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who lead states where Democrats control large legislative majorities. Two can play at this game, they say, vowing to similarly eliminate GOP-held seats in their states.”

“But that’s easier said than done.”

“Democrats have legal hurdles to clear in California and New York, which have restricted partisan gerrymandering, which liberal advocates pushed in previous years in the name of good government. Texas has no such limits, so GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has called a special session to draw a new map.”

“Up until now, Democrats have treated our political system like it’s still governed by norms, guarded by limits and rooted in fairness. Rules were meant to be followed. It hurts to say it, but that era has come to an end.” 

— New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), writing in the Houston Chronicle.