US EditionCalifornia redistricting: California Legislature approves new congressional map to counter Texas plan
California Democrats are funding a special election to approve new partisan congressional maps aimed at gaining five additional U.S. House seats to counter Texas Republicans' redistricting efforts.
- On Aug. 21, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation setting a special election for November 4 to let voters decide a redrawn congressional map, giving parties around 75 days to campaign.
- After Texas legislature advanced its map, President Donald Trump pushed for mid‑decade redraws, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats to counter with their own plan for next year.
- The vote followed party lines, passing 57‑20 in the California State Assembly and 30‑8 in the California State Senate, while Gov. Gavin Newsom's political operation raised $6.2 million from more than 200,000 donors.
- If voters approve the measure, California's 52 new House districts would apply to the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections and could net Democrats five additional U.S. House seats.
- Legal challenges and talk of a domino effect have emerged as California Republicans filed a lawsuit and other states including Indiana and Missouri consider similar commission-based redistricting systems.
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5 things to know about California's special election on redistricting
California will ask voters this fall to decide whether to redraw this state’s congressional lines after its Democratic-controlled Legislature formally approved a sweeping redistricting plan on Thursday, a response to GOP-led efforts in Texas. The plan, if voters give it the green light, could give Democrats five additional House seats, potentially nullifying the gains Republicans hope to get through Texas redistricting. Here are five things to …
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Jeff Gonzalez: Sacramento chose politics over people
This week, Sacramento chose politics over people. The Legislature voted to undo something Californians already decided in 2010 — that an independent citizens’ commission, not politicians, should draw legislative district lines. To make matters worse, this reckless scheme could cost taxpayers as much as $230 million. As I cast my vote against this measure, I thought about the people I represent in Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.…
Amid remap push, Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar files to run against Rep. Issa
Ammar Campa-Najjar (left) and Darrell Issa. (Times of San Diego file photos) With his prospects enhanced by potential redistricting, Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar on Friday filed papers for a rematch against Rep. Darrell Issa in the 48th Congressional District. Ammar Campa-Najjar press release. (PDF) Campa-Najjar lost to the veteran Republican congressman by 8 percentage points in 2020, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed map for the East County dis…
Lackluster enthusiasm for Newsom’s ballot measure could derail redistricting efforts: Poll
California voters are not entirely on board with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map, according to a new poll, putting an upcoming ballot measure on issue in jeopardy. Newsom plans to put a redistricting plan on the ballot and take the matter to voters in a special election in November. The redistricting provisions, which are expected to boost Democrats by five House seats, passed the state legislature on T…
Planned Parenthood is getting involved in the redistricting battle
Abortion rights groups are backing California Democrats in the escalating battle to redraw congressional maps, warning that Republicans are rigging seats on the heels of deeply unpopular cuts to safety net health programs and restrictions on reproductive care. And they worry there’s more to come, including a national abortion ban. “You take away our freedoms, we’ll take away your seats,” said Jodi Hicks, CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of C…
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