California state Republicans have taken legal action after voters on Tuesday approved Democratic-drawn maps for the next three elections, alleging intentional redistricting to favor Latino and Hispanic voters in the way the now-approved districts were redone.

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.

California Republicans appeared down but not out Wednesday after enduring a resounding defeat on Prop 50, handing Democrats a potential gain of up to five House seats in next years midterms and giving Gov.

Follow the numbers on whether Redding, Shasta County and North State voters approve or refuse Prop 50 redistricting on Nov. 4.

California's Proposition 50 has passed statewide and will reshape congressional districts for the 2026 elections and beyond.

Proposition 50, backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democratic Legislature, asked voters to replace the state’s independently drawn congressional districts with new maps

The California Republican Party announced a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the state's new House maps after the passage of Prop. 50.

California Republicans appear poised to lose four to six House seats in next year’s midterms as votes are counted this week in the state’s hastily planned Prop 50. The ballot measure would allow the state’s supermajority Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional maps instead of the existing independent commission.