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New Prop 50 ad Stars Obama. What Does Yes on 50 Mean for California?
The initiative aims to counter GOP-backed redistricting from Texas and preserve fair maps, with support from prominent Democrats including Obama and Pelosi.
- On Oct 14, former President Barack Obama published a Yes on 50 ad on his X account endorsing Proposition 50 and urging support.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom floated the plan earlier this year in response to Texas's redistricting pushed by President Donald Trump, and Prop 50 would temporarily use maps skewed in favor of Democrats.
- Prominent Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O'Rourke and Nancy Pelosi joined the Yes campaign, while Arnold Schwarzenegger and donor Charles Munger Jr. oppose Proposition 50.
- These maps could influence the outcome of the 2026 House races, and the Republican Party holds a slim House majority, so even a slight shift could slow its agenda.
- County elections officials mailed vote-by-mail ballots in early October, and voters can return them at official drop box locations or vote in person on Nov. 4, with redrawing reverting to the commission in 2030.
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Greenberg: Obama’s Sanctimonious Prop 50 Endorsement – California Globe
Barack Obama’s endorsement video advertisement of California’s Proposition 50 is a calculated betrayal of voter trust, cloaked in the sanctimonious guise of fairness. In a slick video posted on October 14, 2025, Obama declares, “California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50…preserves independent redistricting, and lets the people decide.” Friends, this is a flagrant lie, and Yours Truly rightly blasted Obama on Twi…
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