California Republicans asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s bid to redraw the state\u2019s congressional map.<\/p>\n
The California Republican Party filed an emergency appeal to the nation\u2019s highest court in a last-ditch bid to halt <\/a>the alleged gerrymandering triggered by Newsom\u2019s Proposition 50.<\/p>\n Prop. 50 was championed by Newsom and passed handily in the November election last year. Getty Images<\/p>\n Calif. Republicans asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop Gov. Newsom\u2019s bid to redraw the congressional map. Getty Images<\/p>\n The redistricting effort could turn up to five GOP-held districts blue.<\/p>\n The court battle has big implications for the midterm elections, with Democrats favored to win back the House of Representatives due to frustration with the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.<\/p>\n Prediction markets and pollsters show Dems in a good position to capture the House, but an adverse decision in the Prop. 50 case could stymie those plans. <\/p>\n The ballot proposal was spun up in response to a similar redrawing effort in Texas, where the state\u2019s Republican majority moved to rejigger its maps<\/a> to give their party an edge in congressional races.<\/p>\n The redistricting effort could turn up to five GOP-held districts blue. Prop. 50 was championed by Newsom as a plan to cancel out Texas\u2019s attempted gerrymandering. It passed handily in the November election<\/a> last year. <\/p>\n
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