The California Republican Party has announced a federal lawsuit against the state’s recently-passed Prop 50, which will potentially add 5 Democrat seats to the U.S. House.
During a press conference on Tuesday morning, State Assemblyman David Tangipa announced himself as the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. He was joined by Corrin Rankin, chairwoman of the California Republican Party, and attorney Mike Columbo of the Dhillon Law Group, per KABC:
Eighteen California voters are also co-plaintiffs in the suit, which alleges that newly approved Proposition 50 “unconstitutionally gerrymanders districts in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments.”
The ballot measure created a new congressional map with the goal of giving Democrats five more of the state’s 52 congressional seats. It easily passed.
Republicans have filed multiple lawsuits in California to block Democrats’ plan with little success so far.
