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The stakes, the players and the gerrymandering math behind Proposition 50, Gavin Newsom's bid to thwart Donald Trump.
Did Prop. 50 pass in California? Who won the governor race in New Jersey? See results and analysis as Democrats sweep off-year elections.
Prop. 50 is a constitutional amendment that would allow the nation’s most populous state to temporarily stop using a nonpartisan commission to draw congressional district boundaries.
Democrats saw major wins in Tuesday’s elections, from California’s redistricting ballot measure to gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and the mayoral race in New York City. We discuss what the results say about the future of the Democratic Party and to what extent the wins reflect a referendum on President Trump.
Beals also noted a polling location change in Newport News, Virginia, after a driver crashed their vehicle into a planned voting location at Ivy Farms Community of Faith Church over the weekend. The building was condemned, and the polling location was moved to South Morrison Family Education Center.
The aggressive gerrymander could help Democrats flip as many as five House seats next year. While that could neutralize new maps in Texas, Republicans are redrawing more district lines elsewhere.
From Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race to a ballot initiative on redistricting in California, Democrats handily won all of Tuesday’s biggest races.
Newsom, who is en route to Brazil for a climate change conference, is using a layover in Houston to tout what he is calling a "landslide win" with Proposition 50