California Proposition 50 approval fuels GOP unrest | JQJO

California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, a Democratic-friendly redistricting plan, with about 64% of 8.3 million ballots cast. The maps, designed to unseat five GOP incumbents starting in 2026, could erase Republicans’ narrow House edge and stall President Trump’s agenda. The defeat ignited Republican infighting: Assemblyman Carl DeMaio urged state party chair Corrin Rankin to resign, and RNC member Shawn Steel blasted Arnold Schwarzenegger’s limited opposition. Rankin defended a late $11 million push and said Republicans filed a federal lawsuit challenging the measure. Backers, aided by $136 million and prominent Democrats, vastly outspent opponents’ roughly $58 million.