From the New York Times: Hours after California voters approved a redistricting measure that would flip as many as five House seats for Democrats next year, California Republicans filed a lawsuit on Wednesday morning challenging the new maps.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, argues that the new maps are unconstitutional because they improperly use voters’ race as a factor in drawing districts and asks the court to block them from taking effect.
The lawsuit came the morning after California voters approved the redistricting measure, Proposition 50, which Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed to retaliate against gerrymandering that leaders in Texas and other Republican-led states approved at the request of President Trump.
It is not clear how successful the latest challenge will be. California Republicans were unsuccessful earlier this year at preventing the election through litigation, and Democrats have expressed confidence that their new maps would withstand legal scrutiny.
Mark Meuser, a Constitutional and Election Law Attorney with the Dhillon Law Group, announced:
Dear Gavin Newsom,
I hate to rain on your parade but your celebration over the passage of Prop 50 will need to wait a few days.You have been sued. Your unconstitutional racial gerrymandering is now heading to a federal three-judge panel and maybe to the SCOTUS to determining if your use of race in drawing congressional districts should be enjoined.
We are asking the court to require the old maps to be in effect while we litigation your unconstitutional actions.
Dear Gavin Newsom,
I hate to rain on your parade but your celebration over the passage of Prop 50 will need to wait a few days.
You have been sued. Your unconstitutional racial gerrymandering is now heading to a federal three-judge panel and maybe to the SCOTUS to determining… pic.twitter.com/qVcnb5yvOK
— Mark Meuser (@MarkMeuser) November 5, 2025
California state assemblyman David Tangipa, announced, “We just sued Governor Newsom. We said we’d fight for the people of California and we meant it. This is only the beginning. 🇺🇸”
Tangipa and Meuser explained why they filed the lawsuit. WATCH BELOW:
🚨We just sued Governor Newsom.🚨
We said we’d fight for the people of California and we meant it. This is only the beginning. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/OUBZfYWVr5— David Tangipa (@DavidTangipa) November 5, 2025
NEW: California Republican Party files federal lawsuit against Prop 50, claiming state’s new maps favor one race.
Attorneys point to comments by map drawer Paul Mitchell and CALeg leaders that the changes “increase power of Latino voters”https://t.co/0GxcCDyclY
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) November 5, 2025
Breaking News: California Republicans filed a lawsuit against new congressional maps, hours after voters approved Proposition 50, the redistricting plan that would flip as many as five GOP House seats for Democrats. https://t.co/Kc0i1JldCw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 5, 2025
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