Contributor: How Lou Gehrig's Life Taught Me to Fight for Prop. 50

Contributor: How Lou Gehrig's life taught me to fight for Prop. 50

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How rural voters are responding to Prop. 50

A “No on Prop. 50” sign off Highway 99 in Lemoore on Sept. 27, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local With less than a month until Nov. 4’s special election, billboards, mailers and advertisements in support and opposition of Proposition 50 are reaching a fever pitch. But in California’s 22nd Congressional District — one of the handful of districts that would be most affected if Prop. 50 were to pass — some residents remai…

In the Central Valley, Prop. 50 Is a Fight Between Newsom’s California and Gop’s Washington

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Along the highways of California’s San Joaquin Valley, as field workers harvest almonds and pistachios and tractors churn dusty top soil into the already hazy air, drivers can’t miss the giant yellow billboards. “VOTE NO on PROP 50. STOP Newsom’s Rigged Elections!” Maya C. Miller CalMatters The signs in English and Spanish, paid for by Republican Assemblymember Dav…