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“The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “All ‘Mail-In’ Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are ‘Shut Out,’ is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!”
California voters gave Democrats — and possibly Gov. Gavin Newsom — a major win Tuesday by passing a plan that could help give them five House seats in 2026.
The race was quickly called in the measure's favor by election experts even as thousands of ballots remained to be counted across California.
In the hours after California’s Proposition 50 passed by a wide margin, Republican congressional members at risk of losing their seats expressed dismay and disappointment - along with their intention to run again.
California voters passed Proposition 50 on Tuesday, in a major win for Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democrats.
California voters are deciding on Proposition 50, which would temporarily redraw the state's congressional district maps and could create up to five new Democratic seats in the House.
During the primary elections in June, the two candidates running for governor who receive the most votes, regardless of party, will advance to the general election. By early May, California voters will receive their vote-by-mail ballots to cast their vote in the primary election.