OAN Staff Sophia Flores
8:02 PM – Tuesday, November , 2025
California voters have passed Proposition (Prop) 50, the mid-decade redistricting measure.
On Tuesday, voters in the Golden State approved the measure, which had been backed by Democrats like Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and former President Barack Obama. The constitutional amendment will allow the state will adapt brand new legislatively drawn congressional district maps.
It will go into effect starting in 2026.
The measure’s approval carries weight, as it will shape California’s U.S. House districts for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 elections. Analysts expect it to deliver Democrats a net gain of roughly five additional seats in the delegation.
Additionally, the timing of this vote stood out, as state redistricting normally happens just once every decade, and the last round had only just wrapped up in 2021.
Prop 50 hit the ballot this fall as California’s “counterpunch” to Texas’ new congressional maps. Just weeks earlier, in August this year, the Texas House had passed — 88-52 — a mid-decade redistricting plan that hands Republicans five extra seats starting with the 2026 midterms.
Unlike in Texas, California requires a majority vote from its population in order to pass the proposition.
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