With Prop. 50 victory, ‘the fight goes on,’ Newsom says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s victory lap was brief Election Night after voters passed Proposition 50, Democrats’ plan to gerrymander the state, in a landslide.

With a heavily-funded campaign, Newsom and his party’s national leaders managed to convince California voters that Proposition 50 was a way to take a stand against President Donald Trump — a president, they said, who is trying to “rig” the 2026 midterm elections by urging similar moves in Republican-led states.

Newsom has used the ballot measure to elevate his national profile and raise millions of dollars in contributions as he plans a possible run for president in 2028.

But in comments to reporters on Tuesday night, Newsom described the ballot measure as just one battle in the national war over redistricting before the midter