Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.

The lawsuit claims the state’s move to redraw its congressional lines unconstitutionally favors Hispanic voters.

California voters approved Proposition 50 on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in a statewide special election that was announced less than three months prior. And in about a year, Californians will be back at the polls.

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Calvert has survived previous redistricting rounds, including in 2021, when the overwhelmingly liberal Palm Springs — the first city in the nation to elect an all-LGBTQ+ city council — was added to his district and the Republican-heavy Temecula was taken out.

Voters in eight California counties carried by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election backed Proposition 50, the Democrat-backed ballot measure in a state-by-state redistricting battle helping determine who controls the U.S. House in 2026, election data shows.

California voters approve Proposition 50 to redraw congressional maps, expected to add Democratic seats in response to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas.

A cold case was solved over a decade later after a Miami Gardens man accused of killing his wife was found in San Diego late last month, police said.

Two-thirds of California voters said they were opposed to states redrawing their congressional district lines in response to how other states have drawn their lines. But the vast majority of the voters who supported the ballot measure said it was necessary to counter the changes made by Republicans in other states.

A California woman said her gym membership was revoked after she objected to a man repeatedly entering the women's locker room at a Los Angeles Gold's Gym.

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