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The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map designed to help Democrats for the midterm elections.
The justices rejected an emergency request by the California Republican Party to override a federal court and block the map before the November vote. The decision is a victory for Democrats, who had devised the plan after President Trump pushed Republican-led states to redraw their maps to help the G.O.P. pick up seats in the election.
The unsigned order did not include a vote count or the court’s reasoning, which is typical in such emergency decisions.
“Donald Trump said he was ‘entitled’ to five more congressional seats in Texas,” Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said in a statement on Wednesday. “He started this redistricting war. He lost, and he’ll lose again in November.”
The dispute is the latest challenge to a state congressional map to come before the justices in recent months.
In December, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Texas to use its new congressional voting map for the midterm elections. Texas Republican leaders had asked the court to weigh in after a divided panel of federal judges had temporarily blocked the map, which was designed to help the G.O.P. potentially pick up seats.
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