California IS gonna redo it’s House maps after a vote on it….
Republicans have all but given up trying to stop this….
California could move 5 to 7 seats TO Democrats which would wipe out gains in several Red States…
Newsom just increases his statue in the Democratic Party with this….
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed onto his regular Zoom call with his political brain trust last Friday as they ticked through the latest developments in the high-stakes redistricting measure headed for a vote next week.
They were far ahead in the polls. The opposition was mostly off the airwaves. And there was plenty of money in the bank.
Then, according to two participants in the call who shared details of the private discussion on condition of anonymity, his senior advisers presented the California governor with an intriguing idea: Stop fund-raising from small donors altogether in the final stretch.
“I love it,” Mr. Newsom declared.
So Mr. Newsom’s political operation did just that on Monday, telling millions of supporters in an email, “You can stop donating now.”….
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The Newsom message similarly asked supporters to sign up for the governor’s YouTube channel or to receive text messages. Mr. Newsom did write that he would be soliciting money for other states that have ongoing redistricting fights.
“I will be asking for you to help others,” the governor wrote.
Democrats are pushing for new maps in multiple other states led by Democrats, including Virginia, New York and Illinois, to which Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the top Democrat in the House, traveled on Monday….
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Bill Burton, a California-based Democratic strategist who worked on former President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign that was so swimming in cash it paid for 30-minute infomercials in the closing stretch. “We had so much money we were running out of things to spend it on.”
The decision by Mr. Newsom to redirect donors elsewhere, Mr. Burton said, would likely deepen trust with his supporters.
“It builds credibility for him,” Mr. Burton said. “He’s running for president in 2028. That’s a smart thing.”….
If they win 5 seats in CA, which seems to be the expectation, it might negate Texas, but there is still Missouri, North Carolina, Indiana, and maybe others to be thrown into the mix, meaning that Democrats will have to win nationally by a larger margin. Thus, Democrats are looking now at Virginia to try to get one more seat.
This is all a horrible, terrible undemocratic game that is bad for the country, but Republicans started it this cycle.
NY and Viginia will also add seats…..
I agree it’s messed up….
But so is the Electoral College things that we ARE stuck with…..
I expect Democrats to retake the House no matter what ….
The GOP majority to also shrink….
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