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AOC and Schwarzenegger Front Dueling Ads in California Prop 50 Redistricting Fight

Celebrity ads highlight a ballot fight over shifting mapmaking from California’s commission to the legislature.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, expresses his opposition to Proposition 50, a California ballot measure to redraw U.S. House maps to boost Democrats, during a conversation with University of Southern California interim president Beong-Soo Kim, not shown, on democracy at the USC campus in Los Angeles, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025
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Overview

  • Ocasio-Cortez appears in a Yes on 50 video shared by Gov. Gavin Newsom, urging voters to counter Trump‑backed GOP remaps in Texas.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger features in a No on 50 ad arguing the measure hands power back to politicians and reverses reforms.
  • Proposition 50 would replace the independent commission’s congressional maps with legislature‑drawn lines if approved in the Nov. 4 special election.
  • Recent polling shows support rising to roughly 46%–51% in September, up from about 33% in August, with a notable share still undecided.
  • Legal battles continue after the state Supreme Court declined to block the measure and Trump announced plans for a federal lawsuit.