As California pushes to eclipse Texas ’ gerrymandering effort to secure more Republican-held seats in the House of Representatives at midterm elections, the first draft of the newly drawn congressional maps became public Friday.

This came a day after Governor Gavin Newsom held a news conference in LA’s Little Tokyo to announce a special election in November to ask for voters’ approval on the new maps. He also had said the redrawn maps would become available this week.

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The five California Republican-held seats that Newsom was eyeing to squeeze out include Ken Calvert’s District 41, which includes Riverside County, and Darrell Issa’s District 48, which includes parts of San Diego county.

One of the most notable

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