Democratic Rep. Ami Bera announced his campaign for re-election in California’s 3rd Congressional District minutes after voters approved Proposition 50 in a special election.

Proposition 50 will lead to the redrawing of California’s congressional maps, significantly impacting the political landscape ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Driving the news: Bera currently represents California’s 6th Congressional District; however, due to the new maps, the 3rd District’s boundaries will overlap with parts of Bera’s existing district, prompting his decision to run there instead. • The newly drawn 3rd District incorporates Democratic-leaning areas of Sacramento County and excludes much of the Eastern Sierra, shifting the district’s voter registration to favor Democrats by 8 percentage points over Rep

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