Overview
- Polls closed at 8 p.m. with counties posting early returns after more than six million ballots had already been cast statewide.
- The measure suspends the citizens’ redistricting commission through the 2030 election and uses a Legislature-approved map for 2026, 2028 and 2030.
- Analysts say the new lines could shift up to five Republican-held U.S. House seats, a change that could influence control of the narrowly divided chamber.
- President Donald Trump called the vote a “GIANT SCAM” and alleged mail voting was rigged, assertions the state’s elections chief Shirley N. Weber dismissed as baseless.
- The high-profile, big-money campaign featured Democratic backing from Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Republican leaders leading the opposition.