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Billionaire left-wing donor George Soros contributed $10 million to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s poll initiative to redistrict the state, the New York Occasions reported.
Soros, who has funded left-wing campaigns stretching from district attorneys to federal elections, contributed the one largest donation quantity to Newsom’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional strains, in keeping with the outlet, which cited two sources with direct information.
Soros is the founding father of the Open Society Foundations, which is a large $25 billion nonprofit. His son Alex succeeded him as chair of the board of administrators of the Open Society Foundations in 2022.
The donation has helped construct Newsom’s struggle chest for a redistricting effort to roughly $70 million, in keeping with the Occasions. Newsom launched the redistricting effort, Proposition 50, early in 2025 to counter the Trump administration’s promotion that Republicans in states akin to Texas redistrict its personal strains.
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Left-wing billionaire and philanthropist George Soros. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)
“We’re speaking about emergency measures to answer what’s taking place in Texas, and we’ll nullify what occurs in Texas,” Newsom stated in August of Proposition 50.
Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas in August for liberal bastions akin to Illinois, Massachusetts and New York to forestall a quorum for a particular session as Republican state lawmakers ready to vote on a redrawn congressional map for the state forward of the 2026 midterms.
Newsom launched his state’s effort to counter redistricting in pink states.
“We’ll choose up 5 seats with the consent of the folks. And that’s the distinction between the strategy we’re taking and the strategy they’re taking,” Newsom continued in his August press convention. “We’re doing it on a brief foundation. We’re doing it in a completely clear approach, and we’re doing it by asking the folks of the state of California for his or her consent and help.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 7, 2025. (Photograph by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)
Trump had inspired redistricting in Texas, together with remarking in August that efforts to redistrict in Texas might result in the GOP selecting up 5 seats.
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“In California, it’s all gerrymandered,” Trump stated throughout an interview with CNBC on the time. “And now we have a chance in Texas to select up 5 seats. We’ve a extremely good governor, and now we have good folks in Texas. And I received Texas. I obtained the very best vote within the historical past of Texas, as you in all probability know, and we’re entitled to 5 extra seats.”
Trump repeatedly has railed towards Soros in public remarks over his donations to left-wing causes and candidates, together with calling for investigations into George and Alex Soros.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White Home, Sept. 7, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/The Related Press )
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“Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have precipitated nice harm to our Nation! That features his Loopy, West Coast mates. Watch out, we’re watching you!” Trump wrote on Fact Social in August.
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the Open Society Foundations and Newsom’s workplace for remark, however didn’t instantly obtain replies.
