{"id":34073,"date":"2025-08-14T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34073"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:57:01","slug":"just-in-newsom-calls-november-special-election-to-redraw-maps-a-direct-hit-back-at-trumps-redistricting-late-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34073","title":{"rendered":"\u201cJUST IN: Newsom Calls November Special Election to Redraw Maps \u2014 a Direct Hit Back at Trump\u2019s Redistricting!\u201d \u2013 Late Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1803049\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-site-blocks\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- wpcom_wp_footer --><\/p>\n<div id=\"likes-other-gravatars\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"likes-text\">\n<p>SACRAMENTO, California \u2014 Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will seek to call a November special election to have voters approve new House maps that boost Democrats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<div id=\"latepress.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CPbX-bniio8DFe3cGAIdS0AmRg\">\n<p>By embracing a public vote, Newsom teed up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/26\/dem-redistricting-00478136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a nationalized contest<\/a>\u00a0that opens a prominent front in national Democrats\u2019 efforts to thwart President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda. Newsom has vigorously embraced the party\u2019s push to counter a GOP-friendly Texas gerrymander by buoying Democrats in blue states like California, arguing Trump has left the party no choice.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nGavin Newsom floats November special election for his anti-Trump redistricting push<\/h1>\n<p>The governor has vigorously embraced the party\u2019s push to counter a GOP-friendly Texas gerrymander by buoying Democrats in blue states.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/resize\/630\/quality\/90\/format\/webp?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F03%2F1f4a25464fd290c759debe00620b%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F2210604635\" alt=\"Gavin Newsom points as he speaks.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to sit back any longer in the fetal position, a position of weakness, when in fact California can demonstrably advance strength,\u201d Gov. Gavin Newsom said. | Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/staff\/jeremy-b-white\">Jeremy B. White<\/a>07\/31\/2025 06:05 PM EDT<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1799684\" data-uid=\"0a34b\">\n<div id=\"mgw1799684_0a34b\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SACRAMENTO, California \u2014 Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will seek to call a November special election to have voters approve new House maps that boost Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>By embracing a public vote, Newsom teed up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/26\/dem-redistricting-00478136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a nationalized contest<\/a>\u00a0that opens a prominent front in national Democrats\u2019 efforts to thwart President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda. Newsom has vigorously embraced the party\u2019s push to counter a GOP-friendly Texas gerrymander by buoying Democrats in blue states like California, arguing Trump has left the party no choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to sit back any longer in the fetal position, a position of weakness, when in fact California can demonstrably advance strength,\u201d Newsom said at an unrelated news conference.<\/p>\n<p>It would be an enormously expensive and politically perilous campaign. Newsom would be counting on Democrats\u2019 anti-Trump message overcoming voters\u2019 reluctance to return power to politicians for an explicitly partisan exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom and his allies would need to raise monumental sums on a tight timeline so they could inform and turn out voters. And while they could tap into a national network, Trump and conservative opponents could be motivated to wade into the race to rebuke Newsom and the national party.<\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers would also need to go along with the plan. Putting a measure on the ballot would require a two-thirds vote in both houses of the Legislature, and while Democrats wield the necessary supermajorities, Newsom is pushing them into uncertain political terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento would likely draw new maps in coordination with California\u2019s House delegation, seeking to make Republican-held seats more competitive for Democratic challengers without shifting so many voters out of other districts that it imperils frontline Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s remarks were his most detailed yet since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/16\/newsom-jolts-california-house-maps-texas-00458927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he first vowed to counter Texas\u2019 GOP-buoying gerrymander<\/a>\u00a0by having California redraw its boundaries. Newsom had formerly said he was also considering having the Democratic-dominated Legislature simply draw new maps, circumventing the voters who enshrined an independent commission in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>But Newsom backed away from that option Thursday, signaling he would prefer to put the issue to voters. He said the new maps would remain in place for the next three election cycles, after which the commission would draw new lines as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not here to eliminate the [independent redistricting] commission,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cWe\u2019re here to provide a pathway in \u201926, \u201928, and in 2030 for congressional maps on the basis of a response to the rigging of the system of the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO, California \u2014 Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will seek to call a November special election to have voters approve new House maps that boost Democrats. 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