California Redistricting Battles: Schwarzenegger, Newsom, and Independent Efforts Clash
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has long opposed gerrymandering and championed independent redistricting commissions in California to ensure fairer elections, and he is now actively campaigning against similar partisan map-drawing efforts by Texas Republicans and California Democrats, emphasizing the importance of fair representation and democratic norms.
- Schwarzenegger’s mission: terminate partisan rigging of California’s electoral maps The Guardian
- Newsom faces GOP backlash over $230M redistricting special election after calling his recall a ‘waste’ Fox News
- The fight over California redistricting enters new phase CNN
- Democrats wanted someone to ‘punch back.’ They got him when Newsom took on Texas CalMatters
- Independent redistricting champion spends millions against California gerrymander Politico
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