The California Supreme Court denied a Republican request to intervene in state redistricting, allowing the Legislature to move forward with Democrats' redistricting legislation expected to be voted on Thursday. Republican lawmakers pledged to keep fighting in court and at the ballot box. GOP officials argued the plan would weaken the voter-created Citizens Redistricting Commission, curb public input, and saddle taxpayers with over $200 million in costs, while polls reportedly show broad support for retaining the commission. Separately, the Texas House approved a new congressional map that could create up to five GOP-winnable seats, pending Senate and gubernatorial approval.
Today's Supreme Court decision is not the end of this fight. Although the Court denied our petition, it did not explain the reason for its ruling. This means Governor Newsom and the Democrats' plan to gut the voter-created Citizens Redistricting Commission, silence public input, and stick taxpayers with a $200+ million bill will proceed. Polls show most Democrats, Republicans, and independents want to keep the commission, not give politicians the power to rig maps.
This comes after Texas' House of Representatives approved a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP. The map passed Wednesday after a push by President Donald Trump for Republican-controlled states to redraw their legislative maps to give his party a better chance of holding onto control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections. The maps must be approved by Texas' Republican-controlled Senate and Gov. Greg Abbott before they become official.
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