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California voters passed Proposition 50 on Tuesday, in a major win for Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrats.
California voters have approved a new congressional map drawn by state Democrats, NBC News projects, giving the party the chance to gain up to five House seats in next year’s midterm elections and cou
Prop. 50 is a constitutional amendment that would allow the nation’s most populous state to temporarily stop using a nonpartisan commission to draw congressional district boundaries.
California voters are deciding whether to approve new House maps to push back on Republican moves. Democrats won two governor contests elsewhere: Representative Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, and in Virginia,
Prop. 50 would enact a congressional map that helps Democrats, but a new analysis finds it doesn’t change Californians’ representation much on other measures.
CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich talks about candidates quickly announcing they'll run for new California congressional districts, a ballot initiative that could keep new maps for only the 2026 election and what this means for California Republicans.
Proponents say voters are motivated by stopping President Trump. Republicans have already begun pointing fingers over lackluster fund-raising and coordination.
A grab bag of strategies for mitigating the Democratic gerrymander includes a federal lawsuit and a return to the ballot.