2026 midterms – California Globe

Gavin Newsom Sends Strongly Worded Letter to President Trump re: Redistricting

August 11, 2025 11:18 amAugust 12, 2025 6:26 am

“If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states,” California Governor Gavin Newsom says in a strongly worded letter threatening...

California Redistricting: How Newsom’s Plan Will Demolish Hard Fought GOP Gains

August 6, 2025 12:34 pmAugust 6, 2025 12:34 pm

For the last few weeks, threats from Governor Gavin Newsom to redistrict California mid-decade via a special election have grown from pretty empty words to counteract a similar Texas proposal, to a full on serious push. As political commentator and...

Straw Poll: Slight Majority of Californians Want to End ‘Newsomandering’

August 5, 2025 1:29 pmAugust 6, 2025 2:13 pm

According to a new Lost Coast Outpost straw poll, Californians stand about evenly divided between wanting Governor Gavin Newsom’s mid-decade redistricting plans to go froward to Californian voters, and not wanting this to come to fruition. A straw poll is...

Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton Will File Legal Action to Stop Newsom-Bonta Redistricting Power Grab

August 4, 2025 5:37 pmAugust 4, 2025 5:43 pm

2026 Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton announced Monday he will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at 10 am PDT to announce “legal action to stop Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta from ramming through an...

California’s Redistricting Commission is Already ‘Gerrymandered’

August 4, 2025 11:24 amAugust 4, 2025 7:37 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his intentions last week to blow up California’s independent redistricting commission, effectively tampering with the state’s electoral maps mid-decade… because TRUMP. Gov. Newsom plans to redraw electoral district boundaries for the state’s members of the...

Gov. Newsom Pushes For Congressional Redistricting Special Election in November

August 1, 2025 12:50 pmAugust 1, 2025 12:50 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that he would push for a special election this November for Congressional redistricting, should Texas continue with their current plans for a mid-decade redistricting. For the past several weeks, Governor Newsom has become...