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Proposition 50 redraws California congressional districts to favor Democrats, potentially ending Republican representation in parts of the conservative Coachella Valley.

Local GOP leaders blame the California Republican Party for failing to raise enough money to counter Prop. 50’s message and protect their dwindling influence.

The election deepens a sense of political hopelessness in the Democratic-dominated state.

PALM DESERT — Joy Miedecke, who runs the largest Republican club in the Coachella Valley, handed out scores of “No on Prop. 50” lawn signs before election day.

But Tuesday morning, she knew the ballot measure would fail.

Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to c

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