THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—California Democrats released a new gerrymandered House map on Friday night that, if implemented, would carve up deep red areas of the state that have been under Republican representation for decades.

The proposed California House district map—which was redrawn by the Democratic-dominated state legislature—aims to flip five currently Republican districts blue, in addition to making currently competitive Democratic-held seats safer. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for mid-decade redistricting in the state after it was reported that Texas would redraw its House lines with the intention of flipping five House seats from blue to red.

If enacted, the map would likely result in a California House delegation of 48 Democrats and only four Republicans—meaning the GOP would only control 8% of seats. Meanwhile, Texas’ new proposed map would likely result in a House delegation of 30 Republicans and eight Democrats — with Democrats likely controlling 21% of seats—still a higher percentage than the 17% of current California House seats held by Republicans.

?? The final draft map from the California state legislature is now public.

Our partisanship index (2024/2020 presidential results composite) shows:
? 48 Democratic seats ( 5)
? 4 Republican seats (-5) pic.twitter.com/StPeUKEk6V

“We anticipate that these maps will completely neuter and neutralize what is happening in Texas,” Newsom told reporters Thursday after announcing a November special election for Californians to vote on the gerrymandered map. California unlike Texas requires a ballot initiative to pass its proposed mid-decade map.

The Republican incumbents the proposed California map targets are California Reps. Doug LaMalfa, Ken Calvert, Darrell Issa, Kevin Kiley and David........

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