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How Prop. 50 would change California's congressional district maps
There's one topic dominating California's election season this year: Proposition 50, an effort to redraw the state's congressional maps in order to create five new Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Who are the 5 California Republicans who could lose their congressional seat if Prop 50 passes?
Learn more about the representatives whose seats are targeted by Democrats in California's special election on Proposition 50.
A newly released draft map shows how Proposition 50 would substantially redraw California ’s congressional districts, Under the proposal, districts such as CA-01, CA-03, CA-22, CA-41 and CA-48 are planned to shift by shedding conservative-leaning counties and absorbing more Democratic-leaning areas.
The future of California’s congressional maps — and who gets to draw them — will be in voters’ hands this November. If approved, those maps would remain in effect through 2030.
States typically redraw their congressional districts every 10 years, following the completion of the U.S. census. But with the Nov. 4 Special Election, Californians are being asked whether to allow for a rare mid-decade action to redistrict.