California, Democrats and Proposition 50
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Beals also noted a polling location change in Newport News, Virginia, after a driver crashed their vehicle into a planned voting location at Ivy Farms Community of Faith Church over the weekend. The building was condemned, and the polling location was moved to South Morrison Family Education Center.
California voters have passed Proposition 50, CBS News projects, approving a measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats that will redraw the state's congressional districts.
Voters in eight California counties carried by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election backed Proposition 50, the Democrat-backed ballot measure in a state-by-state redistricting battle helping determine who controls the U.S. House in 2026, election data shows.
The passage of Proposition 50 cemented Gov. Gavin Newsom’s position as President Trump’s chief antagonist and raised his national political profile.
California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Missing hunter Ron Dailey, a 65-year-old Selma resident, survives 20 days in California mountains where he went six days without food before rescue.
Democrats won gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, held three Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and voted for a new election map in California
The area looks slightly different every time Edward Platero visits. The cinematographer fondly remembers purchasing “The Joshua Tree” on vinyl when he was 13 years old. As a kid from a small town in Canada, he said the photos of the desert on the album “were so unreal for me.”