Come 2026, many Coachella Valley residents will find themselves in new congressional districts after voters approved Proposition 50. Results were still coming in Tuesday night, but the measure was on track to pass comfortably, with 64.7% of the vote shortly after 9:30 p.m.

The constitutional amendment, which has also been billed the Election Rigging Response Act, means that California will use new congressional district maps that are widely expected to increase the number of Democrats the state sends to the U.S. House of Representatives during the next two voting cycles if current geographic voting trends hold.

The proposition was pitched by Gavin Newsom and numerous other California Democrats as a necessary response to the adoption of new maps in Texas that are expected to result in m

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