Guest Editorial: Newsom’s Redistricting Plan Is a Bad Idea, but Consider the Context

Guest editorial: Newsom’s redistricting plan is a bad idea, but consider the context

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a shockingly partisan electoral idea — to consider different “pathways” for California to conduct a mid-decade congressional redistricting to help shore up Democratic majorities. Out of context, this would be an outrageous effort to undermine well-established rules for determining congressional election boundaries. But within the current context, it’s perhaps politically defensible. The California governor is…