Turnout remains steady across Los Angeles as voters weigh Proposition 50 and local races in California’s statewide special election.

The new map puts three Republican-held seats into safe Democratic hands and turned two others into those that lean Democratic.

Proposition 50, the ballot measure overwhelmingly approved by California voters, could add up to five Democratic seats in California’s 52-member delegation. Here’s what this means. Seema Mehta is a veteran political writer who covers national and state politics, including the November special election about redistricting and the 2026 gubernatorial race. Since starting at Los Angeles Times in 1998, she has covered multiple presidential, state and local races. In 2019, she completed a Knight-Wallace fellowship at the University of Michigan. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

The closely watched election could influence which political party controls the House of Representatives after next year's midterms.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a rising star in the Democratic party, has a lot at stake in Tuesday’s election. In August, Newsom unveiled a proposal to redraw California’s congressional maps, calling