California voters handed Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom a major win on Tuesday evening by signing off on his partisan gerrymandering proposal to create more Democratic-friendly House seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Associated Press (AP) projected Proposition 50’s passage almost immediately after polls closed at 8: 00 p. m. PT. CNN also called the race [.].
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SAN DIEGO Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) had no intention of getting into politics. The fourth-generation rice farmer from Richvale, California, started out by putting up posters in his spare time for a cousin who was running for county supervisor. “I was happy to be the sign guy,” LaMalfa told the Washington Examiner, noting that he worked his [.].