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Overview
- California voters passed Proposition 50 to suspend the independent redistricting commission and adopt new congressional lines projected to net Democrats up to five U.S. House seats.
- Republicans filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking an injunction to stop the map from taking effect.
- The complaint argues the plan unlawfully used race by configuring districts to favor Hispanic voters, a claim Democrats dispute.
- White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt and President Donald Trump alleged fraud in the California vote, assertions reported without corroborating evidence.
- A nonpartisan analysis found the new map contains 16 Latino-majority districts, the same as the prior map, as the fight unfolds alongside the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais review.