California voters approve Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50
Political analyst and legal professional Katie Zacharia joins ‘Fox Information @ Night time’ to debate the influence that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s, D-Calif., Prop 50 could have on California and the potential precedent it might set for redistricting nationwide.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Texas on Saturday informed a crowd that Democrats successful again the Home of Representatives in 2026 is “the entire thing.”
Newsom, 58, continued to journey excessive over the weekend, 4 days after California’s Proposition 50 — to redistrict the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats — handed in a landslide.
Newsom additionally couldn’t resist taking a jab at his frequent foe, President Donald Trump.
“He’s an historic president, nevertheless — traditionally unpopular,” he informed the group in Houston. “And he had a really unhealthy night time on Tuesday.”
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks throughout a rally with Harris County Democrats on the IBEW native 716, Saturday, in Houston, Texas. (AP Picture/Karen Warren)
Together with Prop 50 in California, Democrats additionally received gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani handily beat Democrat-turned-Unbiased candidate Andrew Cuomo within the New York Metropolis mayoral election.
Proposition 50 was a response to Texas’ legislature redistricting their congressional map in favor of Republicans over the summer time, and on Tuesday after Proposition 50 handed, Newsom referred to as on different Democratic states to observe swimsuit.
“We have to see different states, their exceptional leaders which were doing exceptional issues, meet this second head-on as properly,” he stated in a late-night information convention on Tuesday. “We are able to de facto finish Donald Trump’s presidency as we all know it, the minute Speaker Jeffries will get sworn in as speaker of the Home of Representatives. It’s all on the road.”
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He continued his celebration on Saturday, telling the group: “There have been strains across the block two hours after polling had stopped as a result of folks wished to be heard, not simply seen, they wished to ship a message. However as I stated, we can’t relaxation till we take it again.”
The governor reiterated, “There isn’t any extra essential race in our lifetimes than the Home of Representatives, and taking again the Home and getting speaker [Hakeem] Jeffries sworn in subsequent November. It is the entire thing. It is the entire thing.”
Attendees at Newsom’s Houston rally on Saturday. (AP Picture/Karen Warren)
“And in order that begins at the moment,” he continued. “It began on Tuesday.”
Newsom added, “We are able to form the long run right here in Texas. We are able to form the long run all throughout the South and throughout america of America. You may have that energy.”
Trump and the GOP have spearheaded an effort to pad the celebration’s razor-thin Home majority to maintain management of the chamber within the 2026 midterms, when the celebration in energy historically faces political headwinds and loses seats. Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio have drawn new maps as a part of the president’s push.
Trump is aiming to stop what occurred throughout his first time period within the White Home when Democrats reclaimed the Home majority within the 2018 midterm elections.
Though he hasn’t introduced his intentions to run for president, Newsom has been extensively seen as a potential frontrunner for Democrats within the 2028 presidential election.
Newsom stated successful again the Home in 2026 is “the entire thing.” (AP Picture/Karen Warren)
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Whereas two different Democratic blue state governors with doubtless nationwide ambitions in 2028, JB Pritzker of Illinois and Wes Moore of Maryland, are mulling new maps of their states to create one or two extra blue-leaning congressional districts, Newsom has been probably the most seen chief to date within the redistricting wars and the primary Democrat to succeed.
Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
