Alan Riquelmy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California’s Proposition 50, a ballot measure to create new congressional district maps, has drawn a map to success.

As of 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, with almost 50% of precincts partially reporting, 4.5 million voters supported Proposition 50, with 2.4 million opposed, or 65% to 35%.

The proposition will redraw current congressional maps to favor Democrats.

California for years has used a citizens commission to draw its political maps, which its supporters have said removes politics from the equation. Proposition 50 essentially puts the commission on pause, substituting the new maps until after the 2030 census, when the power to draw district lines returns to the commission.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who spearheaded the special election, said i

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