Californians back measure to redraw congressional maps, GOP sues

California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, which was designed to help Democrats flip up to five congressional House seats in the midterm elections next year. Proposition 50, which passed with 68% of the vote, was a response to the Republican-led Texas Legislature, which also redrew the state’s congressional map to pick up five House seats. On Wednesday, California Republicans filed a federal lawsuit to block the new U.S. House map. The lawsuit claims the map-makers improperly used race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters “without cause or evidence to justify it.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to the lawsuit on social media, saying, “Good luck, losers.”