Overview
- Issa confirmed to Fox News that he will run in California’s redrawn 48th District and said he believes he can hold the seat.
- California voters approved Proposition 50 in November, creating congressional maps used through 2030 that shift several districts, including Issa’s, toward Democrats.
- Issa had weighed a bid in Texas’s 32nd District after outreach from Texas Republicans and said he expects President Donald Trump’s support as he runs in California.
- Some GOP figures urged him to remain in his current seat, and separate reports attributed to intermediaries said Trump asked him to stay, which has not been independently confirmed.
- Court battles over maps continue, with a federal court blocking Texas’s new congressional plan and a Texas judge earlier dismissing Issa and Rep. Ronny Jackson’s lawsuit targeting California’s remap.