California, Proposition 50 and Democrats
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California voters on Nov. 4 will decide if the state should toss its current congressional district map drawn by the state's independent commission and replace it with a new one that was quickly drawn by Democrats.
It's the final push for California's Proposition 50, a ballot measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and other legislative Democrats that aims to redraw the state's congressional districts. On Monday, Gov. Newsom spoke at a rally in San Francisco on the eve of Election Day, rallying supporters.
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Proposition 50 could disenfranchise Republican California voters. Will it survive a legal challenge?
If Californians vote in favor of the measure on Nov. 4, the number of Republicans in California’s House — nine of 52 total members — would likely be cut in half.
The Justice Department will send election monitors to Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Kern and Fresno counties.
The latest Emerson poll, conducted on October 20 and October 21, shows Hilton with a slim lead in the crowded field to replace outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom in California next year. The Republican has the support of 16 percent of California's likely voters, whereas Porter is backed by 15 percent.
With less than two weeks before election day, California voters appear poised to pass the state’s redistricting measure, Proposition 50, to counter Republican redistricting efforts in Texas to
Munger, a multi-millionaire good-government philanthropist who backed 2008 and 2010 initiatives that established California’s independent redistricting process, has contributed $32 million this year to defend that system. His committee, Protect Voters First, was created soon after Newsom moved to put Prop 50 on the ballot.
Republican Representative Kevin Kiley, who hails from a blue state, isn’t a fan of the gerrymandering war his party instigated.