Could North Carolina’s redistricting move be a boost for Prop. 50 in California?

From the onset, Gov. Gavin Newsom and supporters of California’s mid-cycle redistricting plan have called it a “response” to Republicans.

The measure before voters in the special election is Proposition 50, dubbed the “Election Rigging Response Act” when Newsom kicked off the campaign — the legislature needed to approve the new congressional district maps and call the special election first — in mid-August. Newsom said then that the special election was predicated upon Texas or other Republican-led states going through with partisan redistricting, at the behest of his archrival, President Donald Trump .

Read more: Southern California’s guide to Prop. 50, the 2025 redistricting election

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, not too long after California’s redistricting rally, signed into