Here’s what Southern California lawmakers had to say about the Prop. 50 election

Democrats called it a rebuke of President Donald Trump and his policies. Republicans, meanwhile, decried what they consider an unprecedented power grab ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Early returns Tuesday night showed California voters overwhelmingly approving Proposition 50 . The Associated Press and other news outlets called the race almost immediately after polls closed at 8 p.m.

Reactions from those who represent Southern California in Congress were almost as swift.

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Rep. Ken Calvert, who represents a district that largely changes under Proposition 50, decried the measure Tuesday night as “an unprecedented power grab” to “silence those who disagree with” Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“Gerrymandering dist