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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) was caught on a hot mic expressing concerns about a new map passed in California that would give Democrats up to five pickup opportunities in the House next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cKen has nowhere else to go,\u201d Issa said in footage caught on a pool camera ahead of a White House peace-signing deal, according to a reporter at Spectrum News\u2019s Washington, D.C. bureau<\/a>. The Congress member was apparently referring to Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.).<\/p>\n \u201cShe does have a hard seat she could go to, and I know the administration would look favorably if she would do that,\u201d Issa continued, apparently referring to Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.). \u201cAnd then if she doesn\u2019t win, you know, she could go to the administration for two years. With Ken, we need him exactly where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n Much of the district \u201cis or has been his,\u201d Issa said. \u201cIf anyone else had a claim for it, it\u2019d be me because we\u2019ve overlapped a lot.\u201d Issa and Calvert\u2019s districts share a border.<\/p>\n The Hill has reached out to a spokesperson in Issa\u2019s office for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n California voters last month passed Proposition 50, which redraws the Golden State\u2019s congressional lines to add up to five pickup opportunities for Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterms.\u00a0<\/p>\n California Democrats put Proposition 50 on the ballot for a special November election after Texas Republicans passed a new House map earlier this summer that would give Republicans the chance to net up to five seats in the state. The Supreme Court ruled<\/a>\u00a0Thursday that those lines could be used in time for next year\u2019s elections, as the high court weighs the broader lawsuit around the Texas House map.<\/p>\n The redistricting battle has set off a national war that\u2019s prompted blue and red states alike nationwide to pass new maps as both parties try to cancel out the other\u2019s gains.\u00a0<\/p>\n Punchbowl News reported earlier this week<\/a>\u00a0that Issa was considering leaving his House seat in California to run in Texas instead. However, Issa told Fox News Digital in a statement<\/a> Thursday that he would be running in California this cycle.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to set the record straight and here\u2019s the truth: Texas House members and residents of that state did ask if I would consider running there following Gavin Newsom\u2019s historically corrupt gerrymander,\u201d the California Republican told the news outlet.<\/p>\n \u201cI appreciate the opportunity, but California is my home. I told them I\u2019m going to stay in Congress, and I don\u2019t need to go to Texas for that.\u201d<\/p>\n Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Related video: Calls to end redistricting (WXIN Indianapolis) Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) was caught on a hot mic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,988],"class_list":["post-83691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-redistricting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}