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The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell and agencies

California Republicans ask US supreme court to block new congressional map

A voter drops his ballot in a drop box outside of San Francisco City Hall on 4 November 2025 for Prop 50 elections.
A voter drops his ballot in a drop box outside of San Francisco City Hall on 4 November 2025 for Prop 50 elections. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The California Republican party has asked the US supreme court to block a redistricting measure voters approved in November that would flip up to five House seats in Democrats’ favor.

In an emergency filing, the party asked Justice Elena Kagan, who is assigned to the ninth circuit in a supervisory capacity to oversee emergency filings, to issue an injunction before 9 February, the beginning of California’s candidate filing period for the June 2026 primaries.

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