To gerrymander or not to gerrymander? That will be the question facing Californians on Tuesday in a special election that could reshape the balance of power in the state and the country for years to come. Proposition 50, backed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom , would temporarily redraw the state’s electoral maps in a way that could help Democrats flip five Congressional seats in the 2026 midterms. The new maps were hastily hashed out in August in response to a similar redistricting scheme