US EditionCalifornia Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom’s redistricting push
The court ruled Republicans lacked evidence to block redistricting, allowing Democrats' plan to proceed and potentially add five new House seats, with a special election costing an estimated $230 million.
- On August 20, 2025 the California Supreme Court rejected an emergency petition by four Republican lawmakers seeking to block legislative action for 30 days, with Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero finding petitioners `failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief`.
- Governor Gavin Newsom and California Democrats fast-tracked a redistricting package using a `gut and amend` legislative tactic to bypass the 30-day rule, aiming for a special election on November 4.
- Petitioners argued the redistricting bills violated the California Constitution's 30-day publication rule, filing suit just two days after Democrats in Sacramento introduced the plan.
- The California state legislature will vote Thursday on the redistricting package, which would trigger a special election on Nov. 4 despite $200+ million special election cost estimates.
- Republican state lawmakers said they will keep fighting in court and at the ballot box, seeking federal review by writing to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys, with legal experts noting potential federal Voting Rights Act challenges could impact maps before the 2026 elections.
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California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom’s redistricting push
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by state Republican legislators seeking to halt Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to redistrict California’s congressional map. “Petitioners have failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief at this time under California Constitution article IV, section 8,” reads a brief order posted to the docket. Newsom…
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