Texas Republicans touched off a battle of mid-decade redistricting efforts when they embraced a plan pushed by President Donald Trump for the GOP-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts to make them more friendly to Republicans. California retaliated with its own gerrymandering in an effort to flip five seats held by Republicans to counter the effort to redraw five seats in Texas. While Republicans redrew 15 congressional seats to try to flip over the past two years, as of Thursday afternoon they are projected to lose more than two-thirds of them. Meanwhile, California's Proposition 50 ballot initiative that redrew five seats...