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California voters have approved a new congressional map drawn by state Democrats, NBC News projects, giving the party the chance to gain up to five House seats in next year’s midterm elections and cou
California voters passed Proposition 50 on Tuesday, in a major win for Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrats.
Prop. 50 is a constitutional amendment that would allow the nation’s most populous state to temporarily stop using a nonpartisan commission to draw congressional district boundaries.
California voters are deciding whether to approve new House maps to push back on Republican moves. Democrats won two governor contests elsewhere: Representative Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, and in Virginia,
Prop. 50 would enact a congressional map that helps Democrats, but a new analysis finds it doesn’t change Californians’ representation much on other measures.