NBC News projected Tuesday night that California Proposition 50 will pass, paving the way for Democrats to gain U.S. House seats. Voters were asked to decide on Prop 50, whether to dramatically reshape California's congressional districts to add as many as ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a congressional voting map in Louisiana, adding a new wrinkle to the multistate gerrymandering war, report CalMatters’ Nigel Duara and Maya C. Miller. On Wednesday the high court upheld an earlier ruling by a federal district court rejecting a 2024 voting map that was redrawn to give Louisiana a

The fight over California's new congressional map designed to help Democrats flip congressional House seats will go to court Monday as a panel of federal judges considers whether the district boundaries approved by voters last month can be used in elections.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state's recently redrawn congressional map from going into ...

The Department of Justice alleged to the Supreme Court on Thursday that California improperly factored race into its newly redrawn congressional map, arguing that the high court should block the map because it violated the Voting Rights Act. Solicitor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats this year will get the chance to pick up as many as five blue congressional seats after the Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a bid ...