California Democrats Redraw House Map, Leaving 4 Competitive Seats and Locking In 52
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1
California Democrats Redraw House Map, Leaving 4 Competitive Seats and Locking In 52
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1
California’s new congressional map leaves just four competitive House districts, with only four seats rated safe for Republicans and the rest of the state’s 52-member delegation effectively secured for Democrats.
The shift followed voter approval of a plan backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom after Texas Republicans redrew their own districts, overturning California’s 2010 nonpartisan approach to mapmaking.
Tuesday’s primary will test the new lines, including in Northern California’s reshaped 1st District, where liberal Sonoma County territory was added to a longtime Republican seat.
That district already tilted further toward Democrats after Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who had held it for more than a decade, died this year.
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