California Republican party asks state supreme court to block voter-approved redistricting maps

Key Highlights

• A federal court on 14 January rejected the argument by the challengers that California illegally used race in redrawing the boundaries of the congressional districts. Ring a Republican: Payphones linking San Francisco and Texas aim to bridge US political dividesRead more“California cannot create districts by race, and the state should not be allowed to lock in districts that break federal law,” said Corrin Rankin, the California Republican party chairwoman.
• “Our emergency application asks the supreme court to put the brakes on Prop.
• 50 now, before the Democrats try to run out the clock and force candidates and voters to live with unconstitutional congressional districts.”Republicans currently hold slim majorities in both chambers of Congress.
• Ceding control of either the House or Senate to the Democrats in the November 2026 elections would endanger Trump’s legislative agenda and open the door to Democratic-led congressional investigations targeting the president. The new Texas map could flip as many as five currently Democratic-held House seats to Republicans.
• Democratic-governed California reacted to the Texas redistricting move by initiating its own effort that could flip five Republican-held districts in the state to Democrats.