Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court On Wednesday, California has a new voter approved congressional map That favors Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting last-ditch demands from state Republicans and the Trump administration.
As is common in the court’s emergency docket, neither judge dissented from the summary judgment dismissing the appeal without explanation.
Judges have been Republican-friendly map of Texas allowed It will be used in 2026, despite a lower court ruling that it likely discriminates on the basis of race.
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito wrote in December that both states appeared to have adopted new maps for political advantage, but the high court had previously ruled that those maps could not serve as the basis for a federal lawsuit.
Republicans, joined by the Trump administration, also claimed that the California map was inappropriately based on race. But a lower court disagreed, voting 2-1. The Justice Department and the White House did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
The justices’ unsigned order keeps in place districts designed to hold as many as five seats currently held by Republicans, part of a fierce nationwide redistricting battle spurred by President Donald Trump that has control of Congress at stake in the midterm elections.
Texas Republicans at Trump’s behest last year realigned the state’s congressional districts We aim to win five seats.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat Preparing for the presidential race in 2028He promised to respond in kind, but to do so he needed to win over not just legislators but voters as well.
Newsom celebrated the court’s decision on social media, saying Trump “started this redistricting war” and that he would lose in the November midterm elections where control of Congress is at stake.
California Republican PartyThe person who filed the lawsuit did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Jon Fleishman, a longtime party strategist and former executive director of the California Republican Party, said in a post on
Applications for California’s congressional primaries begin Monday.
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Associated Press writers Michael Blood and Lindsay Whitehurst in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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