(The Center Square) – As the California special election heats up in the weeks leading to voters saying yay or nay on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting effort, big money continues to fuel campaigns for and against it.

Some of that money is paying for a new pro-Proposition 50 advertising campaign, paid for by billionaire Tom Steyer , featuring a television commercial set in the near future depicting President Donald Trump watching news coverage of the passage of measure. That commercial is part of Steyer’s “ Stick it to Trump ” campaign encouraging California voters to vote yes on Prop. 50 to pick up five more Democratic seats in the U.S. House. That's the response by California Democrats to Texas drawing new districts to add five more Republican seats.

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