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The California Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s new congressional district maps, alleging Democrats illegally used race as the primary factor in redrawing ...

Twelve hours after California voters overwhelmingly passed the Proposition 50 ballot initiative to rewrite the state’s congressional district, the state Republican Party filed a lawsuit challenging ...

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