*Breaking* SCOTUS refuses CAGOP request to stop use of new Prop. 50 House maps for 2026
This year‘s elections will take place on the new lines shrinking the already very small Republican delegation from California.
This may be the shortest update I’ve sent in a while. The short statement from the court is in the graphic above, declining to grant an injunction. The case against prop 50 will continue, but now it goes back down to the trial court level where it will go through the judicial process which could take years.
I’ve made it clear since this emergency writ was filed that the odds of the court doing something here were long.
As for insightful analysis, here you go: this is good news for Democrats and sucks for Republicans.




So the districts will be used in 2026, but the ongoing court case could lead to restoring the old maps for 2028.
One more slap in the face 😢