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California High Court Leaves Prop. 50 on Ballot as GOP Leader Unveils Two‑State Proposal

Voters will decide Nov. 4 on suspending the redistricting commission for new maps that Democrats frame as a Texas countermeasure Republicans oppose.

California Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher of Yuba City, left, speaks against a package of measures to redraw the state's congressional districts on Aug. 21, 2025 in Sacramento.
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Rep. David Valadao walks past a small field of corn at his family's dairy farm in California's 22nd congressional district in Hanford, California, on September 21, 2024.
State Representative Matt Morgan holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in Texas, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on August 20, 2025.

Overview

  • The California Supreme Court issued a one‑sentence order rejecting Republicans’ second lawsuit to remove Proposition 50, keeping the measure on the Nov. 4 special election ballot.
  • Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher introduced AJR‑23 to create a new state from 35 inland counties, a symbolic effort facing Democratic supermajorities, a likely veto, and the need for U.S. congressional approval.
  • Proposition 50 would pause the Citizens Redistricting Commission through 2030 and adopt legislative congressional maps, with estimates that up to five GOP‑held House seats could shift.
  • Opposition is ramping up as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kevin McCarthy lead separate efforts against Prop. 50, and donor Charles Munger Jr. has contributed $10 million to the “No on Prop. 50” campaign.
  • The battle has widened nationally with Texas advancing Republican‑friendly maps and the president saying his Justice Department plans to challenge California’s measure, while some reports project the special election could cost more than $200 million.