A Texas federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit brought by Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, and Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, that sought to challenge California's efforts to redraw its congressional maps.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Texas alleged Proposition 50, which goes before California voters in a special election on Tuesday, is unconstitutional and "an unprecedented interstate assault on representative democracy."

The suit sought a judge's ruling blocking implementation of the new maps should voters approve them next week and a requirement that California use its current map for the 2026 congressional elections.

But in a written ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wrote that neither congressman sufficiently showed that they faced harm i

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