Leak: Newsom’s Gerrymander Will Eliminate 4 of 9 Republican Districts

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Leak: Newsom’s Gerrymander Will Eliminate 4 of 9 Republican Districts

Joel B. Pollak 15 Aug 2025

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to gerrymander California’s congressional districts will eliminate at least four Republican-held districts, while securing Democratic control of four other contested seats.

Currently, Republicans only hold nine of California’s 52 congressional seats (17%). Under the new map that the governor wants to present voters in a special election in November, Republicans will hold five seats (just under 10%). Nearly 40% of California voters chose Republican candidates in the last election in 2024, on a map created by an “independent” redistricting commission (which Democrats have gamed, regardless).

Politico reported the leaked chart, which was shown to Democrats in the state legislature, whose support Newsom needs to approve his special election — assuming it is legal and constitutional which Republicans deny. Politico reported that Republicans Doug LaMalfa, Kevin Kiley, Ken Calvert, and Darrell Issa would lose their seats under the gerrymandering plan, while Democrats Josh Harder, Adam Gray, George Whitesides, Derek Tran, and Dave Min would enjoy additional protection from potential Republican challengers in 2026.

Newsom claims it is necessary to eliminate Republican seats to “defend democracy,” given that Texas is about to redraw its own congressional map to eliminate four to five Democratic seats. Texas, however, is acting in the wake of a Department of Justice conclusion that the current Texas map, including “majority-minority” districts, is unconstitutional in the wake of recent federal jurisprudence and a flawed 2020 Census count.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/15/leak-newsoms-gerrymander-will-eliminate-4-of-9-republican-districts/

[DefiantMassRINO]

This gerrymander crap reminds me of the coach who argues with the refs about every negative play to keep the team from losing, rather than playing to win the game.

Politics is a competition of ideas.  If you can't compete, get off the field.  It's not enough to win; we need to dominate to assure a significant margin of victory to overcome any gamesmanship shenanigans.

Republicans used to win because they had the better ideas.

Gerrymandering is an admission by all sides that they have no ideas with which to compete, so, they argue about re-districting.

 

[Fishrrman]

If greasy gavin succeeds on this one, expect ALL the other blue states to follow suit.

Eventually, they'll make it impossible for any Republican to be elected to Congress from those states.

The only appropriate response at that point will be for the red states to do the same.

[DB]

Judge is going to throw it out. He doesn't have the authority to do it.