From Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race to a ballot initiative on redistricting in California, Democrats handily won all of Tuesday’s biggest races. Kansas mayor hit with criminal charges ...

California may have a reputation as a bastion of blue, but there are only so many Democratic voters to go around. Under Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to gerrymander California’s ...

A newly released draft map shows how Proposition 50 would substantially redraw California’s congressional districts, Under the proposal, districts such as CA-01, CA-03, CA-22, CA-41 and CA-48 are ...

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The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California's ...

A California Geological Survey map released earlier this year depicts just how intense and damaging the shaking from future earthquakes will be across the state, revealing where the threat is most ...

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Republicans appear well-positioned to retain control of the House next year even if California voters redraw congressional maps that give Democrats a big advantage, new independent analyses find.

In a deceptive mailer, right-wing billionaire Charles T. Munger, Jr. accurately described the 2010 ballot measure that delegated the task of Congressional redistricting in California to an Independent ...

Paul Mitchell, the head of Redistricting Partners, is the architect behind the map voters will consider in the special November election. With a $200 million campaign and increased news coverage, ...