Newsom Launches California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election

California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a campaign to ask voters to approve a new congressional map through a ballot measure, aiming to counteract potential gerrymandering by Republican-led states and to oppose Donald Trump. The measure involves disbanding the current independent redistricting commission for upcoming elections and returning map-drawing power to the commission after the next census, with the goal of helping Democrats gain more seats in the House. The campaign is politically charged, expensive, and controversial, with mixed public support and opposition from some reform advocates.