The campaign arm for House Democrats sent the California Legislature proposed new maps for the state’s congressional districts.

The new, partisan maps come on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s launch of California’s redistricting campaign on Thursday , an effort he touted as meant to favor Democrats in California in the upcoming midterm elections as a counter to similar efforts in Republican-led states elsewhere in the country.

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The proposal from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee isn’t final. State legislators still need to approve the maps, which would then be decided by voters in a special election in November. And the redistricting effort is only “triggered,” News

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