A California official has renewed plans to split the state in two after a proposal to redraw California’s congressional districts, Proposition 50, passed on Tuesday.

Speaking to the Shasta County board of supervisors during a public meeting on Thursday, state Assemblyman James Gallagher, a Republican, said he intended to reintroduce a resolution that would form a new state out of several Californian counties.

Newsweek contacted Gallagher by phone for comment outside normal business hours.

Why It Matters

Earlier this year, California overtook Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world by gross domestic product. The state, which has the most electoral votes in the country at 54, has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992. So splitting the Golden State

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