US EditionCalifornia GOP to sue after voters approve Prop 50 measure for new congressional districts
California GOP alleges Proposition 50 maps violate constitutional amendments by racial gerrymandering to favor Latino voters, aiming to flip five Republican-held congressional seats.
- California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, a redistricting measure that allows for new congressional district maps, with 63.8% in support and only 36.2% opposed.
- California Republicans have filed a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom, claiming the redistricting process violates the 14th and 15th Amendments due to alleged racial gerrymandering.
- Despite strong approval for his governorship, more than half of voters do not want Newsom to run for president in 2028, according to polling by Fox News.
- Newsom's office dismissed the lawsuit, suggesting it will fail due to insufficient grounds for challenging the proposition.
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My Disenfranchised California Republican Neighbors Should Take It Up With Their Party
California’s 1st congressional district, a vast, rugged expanse in the state’s northeast corner, is definitive Trump country. With nary a town over 100,000, the region abounds with soaring peaks, fire-prone conifer forests, “Don’t Tread on Me” merch, and obscenely large four-door trucks. Its population bases are a network of former Gold Rush boomtowns, complete with excellent saloons. In these parts, timber and farming still reign supreme, local…
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Republican Strategist: Newsom a ‘Tier 1 Democrat’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom flexed his muscle with the overwhelming passage of his state's redistricting measure and Republicans have begun to take notice. One Republican strategist told Politico that Newsom's success in getting Proposition 50 approved, which will allow California to redraw its maps to be more favorable to Democrats, makes him "a top rival of Donald Trump." The strategist said Newsom is now a "Tier 1 Democrat." Newsom raised $1…
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San Bernardino SunCould California’s Prop. 50 be scaled back? There’s already an effort to ask voters to limit the new maps to 2026
OC attorney James V. Lacy filed a proposal with the California attorney general's office this week. He wants voters to examine the issue in November 2026.
Lawsuit Exposes California Power Grab
A federal lawsuit filed by the California Republican Party aims to block Prop 50, arguing that it “unconstitutionally gerrymanders districts in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments.” The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court against Governor Gavin Newsom and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, declares that state lawmakers violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments upon drawing “new congressional district lines b…
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