"The Supreme Court granted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) a major political victory Wednesday when it declined to hear an appeal challenging the state's redistricting, allowing the new congressional maps to be used in the upcoming midterm elections in November. Newsom has been regularly sparring with President Donald Trump throughout the president's second term, with the governor widely expected to enter the 2028 presidential race and GOP control of Congress on the line for this year's midterms."
"Normally, states only redraw their state legislative and congressional maps every 10 years, after the results of the U.S. Census, but last year Trump began pressuring states with Republican governors and majority control of their legislatures to engage in an early congressional redistricting with the goal of flipping some blue states to red. Newsom fired back with a vow to push for his own large Democratic-majority state to do its own redistricting and thereby wipe out any GOP gains."
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal that challenged California's recent congressional redistricting, enabling the new maps to be used in the November midterm elections. The redistricting emerged amid political conflict between Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump, who had urged early redistricting in Republican-led states to flip seats. California responded with Proposition 50 to redraw districts and protect Democratic advantages. A lawsuit by California Republicans and the Department of Justice alleged unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. A federal district court panel declined to block the maps, finding partisan motivations that are legally permissible, and the Supreme Court let that ruling stand.
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