Governor Gavin Newsom has rallied enough support from local Democratic leaders to plow ahead with a controversial initiative to redraw California’s congressional maps. A key next task: tapping the state’s wealthy to help sell the plan to voters.

As California legislators begin the process of reconfiguring its congressional districts and creating a more Democratic-friendly map in next year’s midterms, the party could be pushing itself into a ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, was rankled by protesters who shouted her down at an event in the town of Plattsburgh.