Proposition 50 received support from 63.8 percent of California voters.
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California Republicans Sue to Overturn Voter-Backed Prop 50 Redistricting Vote Read Post »
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a livestream for volunteers in support of Proposition 50, the governor’s redistricting measure, and the sole question on the ballot in the November 4 special election. As I reported last week in a story on the almost unprecedented spending around the measure: Prop […]
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Obama: California’s Prop 50 Is “Critical” for Democracy Read Post »
If you live in California, like me, chances are you’ve been inundated with political ads and have a recycling bin filled up with mailers urging you to vote for or against Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting proposal in response to Texas’ newly gerrymandered congressional map. Prop 50 is part of a larger redistricting fight […]
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The Unbelievably Expensive Battle For California’s Congressional Map Read Post »
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is dismantled, the impact will reshape political power across the US, experts say.
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SCOTUS Case Could Destroy Voting Rights Act and Cement GOP Control of House Read Post »
This was not how Greg Casar planned to spend his recess. On a Thursday afternoon in mid-August, as the clock ticked down on the first special session of the Texas legislature, the 36-year-old second-term Democratic congressman was sitting at the head of a small wooden conference table, commiserating with the legislator on the other end […]
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How To Survive a Republican Power Grab Read Post »
This was not how Greg Casar planned to spend his recess. On a Thursday afternoon in mid-August, as the clock ticked down on the first special session of the Texas legislature, the 36-year-old second-term Democratic congressman was sitting at the head of a small wooden conference table, commiserating with the legislator on the other end […]
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How to Survive a Republican Power Grab Read Post »
Former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin—a self-described “husband, father, [and] small business owner”—is running to be the Republican nominee for Ohio’s 13th Congressional seat in the 2026 midterms. He promises to “put Ohio workers and their families first,” according to his campaign website. “Never politicians, lobbyists, or special interests.” What Coughlin doesn’t say is that […]
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Meet the Ohio Lobbyist Running Against Lobbyists Read Post »
After weeks of delays, protests, and threats of arrests, the Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday passed a highly contentious redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House. “This is racial gerrymandering at its worst. It is something that Jim Crow would be proud of, but it is something that […]
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Texas House Republicans Just Helped Trump Rig the Midterm Elections Read Post »
For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which congressional boundaries are drawn. In places such as Wisconsin and Ohio, they have crafted cartoonishly distorted districts that have literally drawn Democrats out of power. But the longstanding battle between Republicans and Democrats over […]
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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab Read Post »
The state of Texas is currently mourning at least 120 lives lost due to horrific flooding in the Hill Country. But Texas Republicans appear focused on a different priority: re-gerrymandering their state to reduce Democrats’ chances of retaking the US House in 2026. After intense lobbying by the White House, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced […]
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After leaving DC, with his business empire suffering, his relationship with President Donald Trump fractured, and his DOGE efforts deemed broadly unpopular, Elon Musk is not quietly retreating to his Texas compound of pronatalists’ dreams. Instead, he announced on Saturday in a post on X that he will launch a new, third political party called […]
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Elon Musk is Back in Politics With the New America Party Read Post »
The plan aims to mitigate potential seat losses by Republicans in next year’s congressional races.
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Ahead of 2026 Midterms, Trump and Texas GOP Mull Possible Gerrymander Scheme Read Post »
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