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Newsom–Schwarzenegger Feud Intensifies as California’s Prop 50 Redistricting Battle Heads to November Vote

The November 4 vote on suspending California’s independent map-drawing sets up a direct response to Texas’s GOP remap.

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger looking back at Danny DeVito in a scene from the film 'Twins', 1988.
Rep. Henry Cuellar is pictured during a Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the DHS budget request on Capitol Hill on April 10, 2024.

Overview

  • Proposition 50 is on the November 4 ballot after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Election Rigging Response Act to let voters decide on legislature-drawn congressional lines.
  • The proposal would apply maps for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 cycles and is written to take effect only if Republican-led states redraw their maps first.
  • Analysts say the plan could flip as many as five GOP-held seats in California, shifting the balance in a narrowly divided U.S. House.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger opposes the measure and says he will campaign to preserve the Citizens Redistricting Commission he championed as governor.
  • Newsom’s push has become highly personalized and well-funded, with a Twins-themed post touting Danny DeVito’s $1,000 ‘Yes on 50’ donation as Kevin McCarthy raises money against the measure and Charles Munger Jr. puts $10 million into the No campaign.