California, Proposition 50
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California's redistricting saw national attention. But we'll have to wait and see just how much it'll impact the state and Congress.
Prop. 50, California's congressional redistricting measure, was on the ballot on a high-profile election day that saw Democratic wins in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere.
California voters have passed Proposition 50, CBS News projects, approving a measure that will redraw the state's congressional districts.
California Democrats just flipped the script—and Texas Republicans could feel the ripple.
Early results show that Prop 50 was a tight race in counties like Fresno and Inyo. But in some counties, voters overwhelmingly opposed it.
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.
HEADED TO COURT: In the lawsuit California Republicans filed this morning to challenge the Prop 50 map, they claim the state’s move to redraw its congressional lines is unconstitutional and violates the 14th and 15th amendments for redistricting on the basis of race, Faith Wardwell reports.
Within an hour of polls closing in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared victory for Prop. 50 at the California Democratic Party’s headquarters in downtown Sacramento. “No crowns, no thrones, no kings. That is what this victory represents,” Newsom said to the dozens of reporters and news cameras assembled.