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California Governor Gavin Newsom is set to counter President Donald Trump’s redistricting strategies with a proposal of his own, scheduled for a vote on Tuesday.
Named the “Election Rigging Response Act,” this initiative, led by Newsom alongside the Democratic-controlled California legislature, aims to introduce a revised congressional map for the upcoming three election cycles. Should it pass, the measure could potentially shift control of up to five U.S. House seats to the Democrats.
Proposition 50 represents Newsom’s strategic move to mitigate Republican efforts focused on redrawing district boundaries before the 2026 midterm elections, a tactic already underway in Republican-led states such as Texas, Ohio, Utah, Missouri, North Carolina, and Indiana.
Currently, Democrats hold 43 out of California’s 52 U.S. House seats, and Prop 50 could bolster their numbers by securing five more seats.
Democrats currently control 43 of California’s 52 U.S. House seats and Prop 50 could help them pick up five additional seats.
A “yes” vote would approve a new U.S. House map already passed by the state’s Democrat-controlled Legislature, circumventing districts adopted by an independent citizens commission after the 2020 census.
Supporters of the measure saw it as a chance to beat Republicans at their own game using redistricting to counter what they saw as partisan gerrymandering.
Critics of Prop. 50 argued that it would dismantle safeguards designed to keep elections fair, a power grab that shifts redistricting control from citizens to politicians.
Polls close in California at 11 p.m. ET Tuesday. See the results of California’s Proposition 50 redistricting effort in the tracker below:
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