By Claire Morales True

Managing Editor

SACRAMENTO, California – Californians gave a resounding support to the redistricting measure as Proposition 50 easily passed on Election Day, boosting Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrats in the state.

The latest results posted in the California Secretary of State website under Secretary of State Shirley Weber showed Prop. 50 passing by 64-36 yes vs no ratio, with “yes” registering 5,154,529 votes or 63.8 percent while “no” votes totalled 2,927,923 or 36 percent.

In a speech after the polls, Newsom proclaimed that Prop. 50’s victory was not just a win for California, but a win for the entire country.

Newsom, at the same time,  called on leaders in other Democratic-held states — Illinois, Virginia, Maryland and New York — to “meet the moment” and redraw their congressional districts, too. 

In a press conference later, Newsom said: “It was not just a victory tonight for the Democratic Party. It was a victory for the United States of America, for the people of this country, the principles that our Founding Fathers lived and died for.”

The measure redraws the state’s House of Representative seats, giving an advantage to Democrats in the upcoming 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections in response to Texas’ gerrymandering. 

Reports indicated that about 7 million Californians had voted by Election Day, 4.6 million of whom put their ballots in the mail. Another 2.3 million put a ballot they received in the mail at a ballot drop-off box or at an elections office.

California Republicans immediately contested the results of the special election.

 Attorneys for the Republicans alleged the ballot measure violates the 14th and 15th amendments by unconstitutionally gerrymandering congressional districts to favor one race.