Though redistricting may provide electoral advantages, that doesn’t always guarantee a win or an increase in power for the party for whom the redistricting was intended to favor and any given political party, no matter how dominant, would do well to remember that.
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Gavin Newsom’s own gerrymander may have just backfired spectacularly.
California’s 6th Congressional district — that was recently “redrawn” by Newsom to help Democrats — now has an independent and a Republican in the top two spots to advance in the primary.
CNN: “California’s 6th Congressional district right now, this is one of the districts that was redrawn because Democrats thought it would be a good pickup opportunity.”
“Kevin Kiley is the incumbent. He’s an independent now, but he was a Republican, and he’s definitely not a Democrat.”
“And the first two people in this race right now, and the top two advance, are the independent and the Republicans, NOT the Democrat.”
“Still, only 50% counted right now. But how nervous are Democrats here that they might be boxed out of this district they DREW as a pickup?”
This might go down as one of Newsom’s most brutal self-inflicted owns of all time.