Proposition 50, Newsom and California
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California, Democrats and Proposition 50
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California Republicans appear poised to lose four to six House seats in next year’s midterms as votes are counted this week in the state’s hastily planned Prop 50. The ballot measure would allow the state’s supermajority Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional maps instead of the existing independent commission.
California voters have just one yes-or-no question on the ballot, but it could have a big impact on next year's midterm elections.
Republicans wasted no time taking Gavin Newsom to court on after Tuesday night’s big Proposition 50 win for the ambitious California governor. Still, even after Donald Trump late Tuesday threatened California’s successful redistricting measure with legal action,
Proposition 50, a ballot measure about redrawing the state’s congressional districts, was crafted by Democrats in response to Trump urging Texas and other GOP-majority states to modify their congressional maps to favor Republicans, a move that was designed to maintain Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives.