Five California Republicans are poised to potentially lose their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in upcoming elections as the California State Legislature moves forward with an effort to redraw the state’s maps.
This week, the Legislature returned to Sacramento, California, for a special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom to respond to ongoing efforts by Texas to add five Republican seats to the U.S. House.
The California proposal does the same for Democrats, targeting five Republican seats by pouring new Democratic voters into the districts.
Newsom has proposed—and is encouraging the passage of—a new referendum to temporarily bypass the state’s nonpartisan districting commission and allow the voting public to approve the Democrat-proposed maps. It would go through the California Legislature as the Election Rigging Response Act….
Here Are the 5 Republican Seats at Risk in California’s Redistricting
