"It should be voters choosing the representatives, not the other way around,"
"We're more than happy to meet Republicans on a level playing field every election and competing on ideas and policies, and proposed solutions, not competing on who can rig the rules more than the other."
"Coming up with a solution to end gerrymandering has to be bipartisan,"
"It's so bad for Democracy, it's so bad for representative government, so bad for the institution of the House which is why I think it's really unacceptable the speaker has allowed this to happen and has actually cheered it along"
California's Proposition 50 seeks to secure at least five additional Democratic House seats in the 2026 midterms by promoting independent redistricting. The measure responds to recent Texas gerrymandered maps that bolstered Republicans' slim majority. Senator Alex Padilla filed legislation to prohibit states from changing congressional maps mid-decade and to require independent redistricting models similar to California's. Representative Kevin Kiley introduced a House bill that would also ban mid-decade redistricting and nullify modified maps unless court-mandated; that bill remains stalled. Supporters argue voters, not mapmakers, should determine representation while opponents emphasize bipartisan solutions.
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