{"id":2506808,"date":"2025-11-04T23:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-proposition-50-passes-delivering-major-political-win-for-newsom\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:31:38","slug":"californias-proposition-50-passes-delivering-major-political-win-for-newsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-proposition-50-passes-delivering-major-political-win-for-newsom\/","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Proposition 50 passes, delivering major political win for Newsom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornias-proposition-50-passes-delivering-major-political-win-for-newsom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2506808&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California voters have approved Proposition 50, a ballot measure allowing the state to temporarily redraw congressional districts in a way that favors Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. This marks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-crushing-democracy-by-cutting-out-political-competition\/\" title=\"Dems Crushing Democracy By Cutting Out Political Competition\">significant political victory<\/a> for Governor Gavin Newsom, a leading Democratic figure and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-buzz-walz-wednesday-sit-in-and-gender-neutral-prayer-room-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DNC Buzz: Walz Wednesday, sit-in, and gender neutral prayer room - Washington Examiner\">potential 2028 presidential candidate<\/a>, who framed the measure as a defense against efforts by former President Donald Trump and Texas Republicans to gerrymander districts in their favor. The new district map shifts several Republican-held seats toward Democratic control, threatening the reelection prospects of five GOP representatives in California. While opponents call the measure a partisan power grab,supporters view it as a necessary response to maintain fair portrayal.The election was contentious,with Trump denouncing it as &#8220;rigged,&#8221; and the Justice department deploying election monitors to several counties,prompting California officials to counter with their own observers.Proposition 50 reflects the intense national battle over redistricting and electoral influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">California&rsquo;s Proposition 50 passes, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >delivering major political win<\/a> for Newsom<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2387036\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, Calif. &mdash;<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California<\/a> voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure Tuesday that allows the state to temporarily redraw its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\">congressional districts<\/a> to favor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">midterm elections<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The passage of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/voterguide.sos.ca.gov\/quick-reference-guide\/50.htm\">Proposition 50<\/a> marks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-scores-major-victory-over-florida-lawmakers-in-battle-over-congressional-map\/\" title=\"DeSantis Scores Major Victory Over Florida Lawmakers In Battle Over Congressional ...\">major political victory<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\">Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA), the frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Newsom framed the Proposition 50 fight as one between California and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a>. It has allowed him to expand his national profile and draw donations from more than 107,000 individual donors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3875371\/trump-jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator-nomination-despite-withdrawal\/\">Trump nominates Jared Isaacman as NASA chief months after withdrawal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3866034\/virginia-attorney-general-result-jason-miyares-jay-jones\/\">Jones narrowly defeats Miyares in Virginia attorney general race despite violent text messages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3871226\/zohran-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa-new-york-city-mayor-race\/\">Socialist Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race against Cuomo and Sliwa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race at 8:01 p.m. PT, as the polls closed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Proposition 50 was the sole item on the statewide, special-election ballot. Supporters had turned it into a referendum on Trump, while opponents called the measure an underhanded power grab by Democrats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Voters across California were acutely aware of the role the state is playing in the national redistricting war, which began after Trump demanded <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a> Republicans redraw their maps earlier this summer to give the GOP five more seats. In response, Newsom and state Democrats passed new maps in the legislature.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with attendees during a campaign event for Proposition 50 on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Ethan Swope)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One voter told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, &ldquo;To be transparent, I am still confused a little bit on it but I am glad that California is fighting back against Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>San Diego voter Olivia Brielle said she knows &ldquo;two wrongs don&rsquo;t make a right but that politics is a messy game too.&rdquo; Brielle said she didn&rsquo;t know if she would be voting in Tuesday&rsquo;s special election if the fight was framed around anyone other than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be honest, I&rsquo;m not a big fan of Newsom&rsquo;s,&rdquo; she said, adding that she disliked Trump more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>California&rsquo;s constitution requires that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-signs-redistricting-bills-takes-fight-over-congressional-map-to-voters\/\" title=\"... signs ... bills, takes fight over congressional ... to voters\">independent redistricting commission draw<\/a> the map and that voters approve any changes. That means even though the state legislature passed the map, voters had to choose to use it for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No one likes gerrymandering,&rdquo; University of California-Riverside political science professor Shaun Bowler told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a popular thing. So everybody&rsquo;s conflicted on it in the sense of, &lsquo;Well, it&rsquo;s not a good idea&rsquo; but they&rsquo;re asking themselves, what&rsquo;s the bigger bad? And for a lot of voters, Trump is the bigger bad because Texas and the Republican Party have made this overt, open, frank, in full daylight attempt to essentially gerrymander an election in the interests of Donald Trump. And so people are going to sort of hold their nose and vote for Prop 50.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The new map put three Republican-held seats into safe Democratic hands and turned two others into those that lean Democratic. Specifically, the map changes districts held by Reps. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3868158\/california-doug-lamalfa-proposition-50-silence-rural-voices\/\">Doug LaMalfa<\/a> (R-CA) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3868916\/california-republican-rep-kevin-kiley-proposition-50-direct-attack-democracy\/\">Kevin Kiley<\/a> (R-CA) in Northern California. In Southern California, Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3870439\/ken-calvert-newsom-backroom-deals-proposition-50\/\">Ken Calvert<\/a> (R-CA) would be at risk, and in the Central Valley, Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) will now have a much harder time getting reelected.<\/p>\n<p>All five Republican lawmakers at risk of losing their seats told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the process and speed by which the maps were created and passed undermined democratic values.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Trump called the California special election a &ldquo;giant scam&rdquo; and claimed it was &ldquo;rigged.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,&rdquo; Trump posted on Truth Social minutes after polling stations opened across California.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1985746247899312203\">dismissed<\/a> the president&rsquo;s claims on X as &ldquo;the ramblings of an old man that knows he&rsquo;s about to LOSE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed, without providing examples, that California was receiving ballots in the name of undocumented immigrants who could not legally vote.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department<\/a> announced it would dispatch election monitors to five California counties: Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, Kern, and Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi said the move would &ldquo;ensure the American people get the fair, free, and transparent elections they deserve.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in response, pledged to send the state&rsquo;s own army of election watchers to watch the DOJ&rsquo;s watchers.<\/p>\n<p>California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin, a former Trump campaign surrogate, asked fellow Californian and Justice Department civil rights head Harmeet Dhillon to send the monitors. Newsom called the move &ldquo;a bridge too far.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bonta agreed, speculating that Trump was preparing to challenge the possible passage of Proposition 50. He said Trump&rsquo;s efforts foreshadow attempts to challenge future elections. Orange County Registrar Bob Page confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that a monitor from the DOJ and two from Bonta&rsquo;s office had been in the county.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California voters approve Proposition 50, a key win for Newsom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2506809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25305858661696.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4045,32321,32742,5894,64080],"class_list":["post-2506808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california","tag-election-results","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-politics","tag-proposition-50"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25305858661696.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506812,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506808\/revisions\/2506812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}