California voters will soon decide the fate of Proposition 50, a measure that would further embroil the state in the midst of a bitter conflict for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

California voters passed the measure to tilt the state's congressional districts toward Democrats in the 2026 election. Now comes the scramble for candidates.

The redistricting opposition camps struggled with money and messaging, especially in the days leading up to the election.

California's governor gambled and won, raised his national profile and fortified his fund-raising base. But Newsom's biggest political impediment — his Left Coast pedigree — hasn't changed.

The passing of Proposition 50 in California essentially negates five new GOP-leaning congressional districts Texas created earlier this year.

The impact of California’s newly approved Proposition 50 is already being felt across the country, as Democrats celebrate decisive wins and Republicans prepare legal challenges. And in one California city,

California's ballot measure gerrymandering congressional lines continues a trend that's eliminated political competition in many House races. The result is today's Washington dysfunction.

Did an exit poll show that 92% of California voters thought Proposition 50 was a ballot measure to impeach President Trump? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a post on a satiric X account on which the