"Ever since the Sept. 30 deadline for filing quarterly campaign fundraising reports, it's been obvious that Gov. Gavin Newsom's pet ballot measure, Proposition 50, was going to win by a landslide. Now it's become clear that the big margin by which the anti-Donald Trump redistricting plan passed (almost 64% as of Friday) will give Newsom a big leg up on the 2028 presidential campaign he has finally admitted he's considering."
"Without controlling the U.S. House of Representatives, Trump would lack the freedom of movement he's enjoyed so far in his second term as president, a freedom he has sometimes believed might even give him the ability to run for a third term, despite the Constitutional ban on running more than twice. That was why Trump began his effort by pressuring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and its Legislature to redraw those five congressional seats."
Proposition 50 passed by almost 64%, with Democrats donating more than twice what Republicans gave to oppose it. Republican donors and strategists shifted resources away from California after finance reports signaled the proposition's likely victory. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's television ads against the measure ended as Republicans redirected efforts to other states. The GOP gained one seat each in Missouri and North Carolina but failed in Kansas and Indiana. The dispute traces back to gerrymandering in Texas that converted five Democratic-leaning seats into GOP majorities. Governor Gavin Newsom framed the measure as a response to Trump-era redistricting pressures.
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