Overview
- With about 70.6% of ballots counted, NBC reported Prop 50 leading 63.8% to 36.2%, totaling more than 4.8 million Yes votes versus roughly 2.7 million No votes and an outcome projected as irreversible.
- The measure replaces maps drawn by the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission with Legislature-drawn congressional districts for elections through the next post‑2030 Census remap.
- Analysts and supporters project Democrats could gain up to five U.S. House seats under the temporary maps, with NBC flagging Districts 1, 3, 22, 41 and 48 as potential flips.
- Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the result on X and cast it as a rebuke to President Donald Trump, while Trump denounced the vote as a “GIGANTIC SCAM” and alleged the process was rigged.
- Returns showed strong support in urban and coastal counties such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Clara and San Diego, while rural and inland areas including Lassen, Modoc, Tehama, Glenn and Colusa voted heavily against the measure.