As Texas lawmakers reconvene over a special legislative session to address several topics including President Donald Trump's missive to redraw the state's congressional maps, some Lone Star State politicos are looking for help from an unexpected source: the governor of California.

California lawmakers are on a month-long summer recess, but when they get return, they could step into a Congressional redistricting war depending on just how far Texas state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom are willing to go.

Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling