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California Republicans Sue to Block New Congressional Map Benefiting Democrats

HeadlineNov 06, 2025

California Republicans have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new congressional maps. On Tuesday, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50 to counter Texas’s redistricting effort earlier this year to garner five additional House seats for Republicans. In a social media post, President Trump said, “The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED.” In response to the lawsuit, Governor Newsom’s spokesperson said, “good luck losers.”

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