US EditionCalifornia voters approve new US House map to boost Democrats in 2026
- On Nov. 4, California voters approved Proposition 50 to redraw congressional districts after the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it on Aug. 21.
- Under Prop 50 the Legislature, not the citizens commission, will redraw maps mid-decade, suspending the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission and departing from the usual post-U.S. Census redraws.
- Supporters blanketed the airwaves with more than $100 million in broadcast and cable ads, with Gavin Newsom, California governor, raising nearly $120 million and supporters booking over $5 million last week.
- The maps could give Democrats as many as five seats, shifting House control calculations for 2026, while Republican incumbents Ken Calvert, Darrell Issa, Kevin Kiley and Doug LaMalfa face tough choices in coming weeks as lines stay through 2030.
- Supporters framed Prop 50 as a response to GOP-led redistricting in Texas, while opponents, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Charles Munger Jr., who gave more than $32.7 million, called it gerrymandering amid polling in the last week showing sharp partisan divides.
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California voters approved Tuesday’s new congressional district delimitations, granting a major victory to Democrats in the district redistribution battle that will help determine which party will gain control of the federal House of Representatives in 2026 and, with it, the power to obstruct or advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats the opportunity to win up to five additional seats, barely enoug…
Gavin Newsom, California's Democratic Governor, managed to pass the 50 proposal, to restore five seats to his party in the House of Representatives, to compensate those who were taken away from him in Texas, on the orders of Donald Trump. A crucial issue for the mid-term elections of 2026.
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