For five years, Rep. Darrell Issa has held the only reliably red congressional seat in San Diego County. Newsom’s plan to redraw California’s voting districts could upend that.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing what lawmakers are calling an emergency redistricting plan for California, aimed at turning at least five red congressional seats blue. Issa’s seat is one of those targets. A Politico report cited leaked charts showing that his district could shift it from a safe Republican district to one that leans Democratic.

Newsom pitched the redistricting proposal after Texas began redrawing its political lines to eliminate five Democratic seats. President Donald Trump is pushing the Texas plan with Gov. Greg Abbott to bolster the GOP’s House majority in next year’s midterm election, by skewing

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