Sacramento, California (AP) – It’s either a plan to save democracy President Donald Trump’s attempt Elections or gains of power between Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.
Define the competition Newsom’s Push Redraw California Congress Map in front Mid-term 2026 It’s ongoing in about five weeks before voters can begin early voting with Prop. 50. Manage your home in the US The past two years of Trump’s second term.
A few days after the campaign, the supporters and enemies each brought in more than $10 million. That’s part of more than $100 million expected to be spent on voters by November 4th. The contest also brings together politicians from famous states, including actor and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Let’s take a look at the campaigns and how they are ramped up.
Battle of national constituencies
California poll questions are part of the rare ones Mid-term rezoning that Texas Republican Last month, I kicked off at Trump’s instructions. By pressing GOP-led state To favor the party on the district boundaries of Congress, the president hopes to prevent Democrats from controlling American homes in the 2026 election.
Democrats need just three seats net profits to regain a majority in the House.
Republican state lawmakers in Texas have passed a bill aimed at making five democratic Capitols more win-win for the GOP. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law on Friday.
California’s democratically controlled legislature responded in kind. Lawmakers last week approved a plan that Newsom quickly signed, asking voters to reinforce the volatile Democratic district and approve the boundaries of the new House district, where five GOPs will pick up seats.
Newsom and his democratic allies are mobilised
Newsom and his democratic allies have raised at least $12 million from a small sum of around 400,000 people so far, according to a campaign spokesperson. They also leaned against influential interest groups alongside wealthy donors and Democrats. The California Teachers Association and House Majority PAC are independent spending groups supporting Democratic home candidates, each putting at least $3 million.
Newsom has donated $2 million from his own campaign fund, while Service Employing International Union and California Labor Federation each have given $1 million. Other top donors include business and technology executives Bill Bloomfield, Paul Graham, John Pretzker and Andrew Haupman.
The move is necessary to push back Trump’s aggressive agenda, Newsom added that he is confident that Trump will not leave the White House after his second term. Constitutional ban Provide three or more terms. The campaign explicitly linked rezoning efforts to the fate of American democracy.
“We’ve woken up and we’re losing this country in real time,” Newsom said. “This hasn’t been blown away. This is not an exaggeration. It’s happening.”
Republicans are building war chests
On the other side, multiple groups oppose the measurement, each with a different approach.
It will stop Sacramento’s power grab, led by McCarthy and former state GOP chair Jessica Milan Patterson, frame Newsom’s initiative as a scheme to boost her own influence by Democrats.
Patterson said the group was convinced that “the group was “educated and voted for people who believed that power belonged to people and not to Sacramento politicians.”
Another group, Protect Moters First, is casting Newsom’s plans as an attack on an independent district board approved by California voters. Charles Munger Jr. is a prolific California donor who spent millions of dollars to help create the committee, showing that he is open to donating $20 million and spending as much as necessary to reach voters.
One of the committee’s most notable champions, Schwarzenegger continues to oppose Gerrymander’s efforts. The Republicans have not committed to a formal campaign and have not planned to establish his own committee, his representative said.
This week, opposing group mailers have already reached voters. One from Munger’s organization cites criticism of the unusual mid-cycle rezoning by some Democrats and good supporters, such as the Federation of Women Voters.
TV and digital ads from both sides are expected to be released soon this weekend. The campaign is also planning canvas efforts to reach undecided voters.
If voters approve the new map, it will replace the existing maps drawn by the Independent Commission and continue the 2030 election. The committee will resume its authority to use 2030 census data to draw new boundaries.
Other states may participate
Both parties are Looking at the entire map of the United States To see where else they can push their advantages. Republicans benefit from Indiana, Missouri and Florida. Democrats see possibilities in Maryland, New York and Illinois.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said on Friday that he was called a Republican, a Republican. Special session Next week we will be looking at rezoning, attempting to add another GOP-friendly district.
Previous moves in Texas and California face legal challenges. The California Supreme Court has dismissed two cases filed by Republican lawmakers, but said opposition will continue to challenge the map.
If the new map of California survives, Rep. Kevin Killy, a Republican with a more democratic growth in the district, hopes voters will ignore what’s happening in Texas and in the White House. The questions pollers face are about California and its elections, he said.
“It makes no sense to say that if other states are doing something we don’t like, we need to deal with something we do too,” he said, opposed to Texas’s constituency change plan, and recently introduced a law banning efforts to rezone all mid-cycles across the country. “It fails the kindergarten logic test. Two mistakes are incorrect.”
Washington Democrats are confident they are ready to operate in the newly achievable California area if voters approve it.
In addition to Killie, the proposed California map also targets Republican Doug Lamalfa, who represents Northern California’s mostly rural areas, and Republican Doug Lamalfa, who represents Ken Calvert, an inland empire outside Southern California. Their district would not be conservative.
The map of democracy is also aimed at David Valadao, a Republican from the Central Valley Agricultural Region, and Darrell Issa from the San Diego region.
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Cooper reported from Phoenix.
