Gavin Newsom thanks Texas in Prop. 50 victory lap
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California's redistricting saw national attention. But we'll have to wait and see just how much it'll impact the state and Congress.
In August, Texas state legislators voted for a mid-decade redistricting plan that is likely to turn five U.S. House of Representatives seats from Democrat to Republican. Soon after, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a retaliatory effort,
California Democrats just flipped the script—and Texas Republicans could feel the ripple.
Fellow Republican Congressman Ronny Jackson, R-Texas joined Issa in filing the Proposition 50 suit in a court popular among conservatives.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Texas alleged Proposition 50, which goes before California voters in a special election on Tuesday, is unconstitutional and "an unprecedented interstate assault on representative democracy.
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Proposition 50 live election results: California voters projected to pass redistricting measure
Proposition 50 is a ballot proposal appearing on California ballots that will determine whether the state will redraw its congressional voting districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats to Congress.
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Republicans, including 'cowardly' Schwarzenegger, take heat for Proposition 50's lopsided loss
California Republicans are blaming each other about their overwhelming loss on Proposition 50, the congressional redistricting ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday in an effort to counter President Trump's agenda.
“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “All ‘Mail-In’ Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are ‘Shut Out,’ is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!”