Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 Victory Triggers GOP Lawsuit
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Gov. Gavin Newsom will likely parlay his victorious redistricting initiative into an electoral strategy in 2028.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wasted no time Thursday night using his landslide Proposition 50 win to assail President Donald Trump, describing the partisan redistricting measure as a rebuke to Trump’s efforts to undermine democracy.
California voters gave Democrats — and possibly Gov. Gavin Newsom — a major win Tuesday by passing a plan that could help give them five House seats in 2026.
California’s controversial redistricting ballot measure has done wonders to boost Gov. Gavin Newsom’s early bid for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. The outspoken governor, who marked a massive political victory Tuesday night with the passage of Proposition 50,
The suit was filed by a firm founded by Harmeet Dhillon, who now serves as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the DOJ.
Voters are deciding whether to approve California's Proposition 50 to temporarily use gerrymandered districts that favor Democrats.
Many of the advisers guiding Democrats’ mid-cycle redistricting push have been in the trenches with the California governor for years.