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Last year Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican of California’s delegation, narrowly held his seat against a former federal prosecutor, Democrat Will Rollins.
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This year he faces eight challengers, and the possibility that his area, California District 41, could be redrawn to give Democratic candidates the advantage.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing what lawmakers are calling an emergency redistricting plan for California, aimed at turning at least five red congressional seats blue. Calvert’s Inland Empire district is one of those targets.
Newsom floated his plan after Texas began redrawing its political lines to eliminate five Democratic seats. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing the proposal with the backing of President Donald Trump, who wants to bolster the GOP’s House majority in next year’s midterm election by skewing voting districts in Republicans’ favor.
“Donald Trump called up Governor Abbott for one simple reason: to rig the 2026 elections,” Newsom said in a statement, vowing to “fight fire with fire.”
But he faces some hurdles. Unlike Texas, where the legislature sets political boundaries, California relies on an independent citizens’ commission to draw voting lines. California voters approved the redistricting commission for state offices in 2008, empowering the bipartisan body to set boundaries based on geographic areas and “communities of interest,” which can include cultural and economic characteristics. In 2010, voters added congressional districts to the process.
To circumvent that, Newsom would ask California voters to approve new boundaries that would remain in place through 2030. He plans to release proposed voting maps next week. Then the state legislature has to authorize a ballot measure by Aug. 22 to place the redistricting plan on the November ballot.
Last week Newsom hosted Texas lawmakers who fled the state to delay a vote on its redistricting effort. And on Monday he sent Trump a letter outlining California’s counteroffensive. “You are playing with fire, threatening to destabilize democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains you hope to make,” Newsom wrote.
Let’s see…..(il Douche) aka Slick is not satisfied with an obviously rigged representation in Calif.
It has been reported that his puffed shirt has been secretly been in conversations with the supposed “independent(?)” districting committees.
The Calif. Socialist Party (Dem?) now wants to control the entire nation where they lost the vote.
Hummmmm and you vote for these types?
Hi Really??? Yes, we do live in Kalifornia. We are trying to conceive our children to move out of Kalifornia. We don’t vote for the socialist party. We vote for the Republican Party. The problem is that people in California often don’t know the difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. For those who don’t know, go to this URL:
https://www.enkivillage.org/differences-between-democrats-and-republicans.html
Cheers1
This is what that orange turd told Texas to do, rig the election by redistricting. Really, you should get your head out of your ass and look around. You right wing nutjobs bitch about what CA is doing but it’s OK if that orange ashole tells Texas to do the same thing. People are fed up with the repubs and come 2026, watch what happens idiots.