Local republican voters are voicing their frustration over Governor Gavin Newsom's attempt to at congressional redistricting.

The former Republican governor, a key architect of the state's independent commission, is setting the stage for a high-stakes political battle over congressional maps. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced he is preparing to actively oppose a push by current Governor Gavin Newsom to suspend the state's independent

California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson speaks during a GOP volunteer appreciation event at the APA Community Center in Westminster, CA on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

At his first in-person town hall since Trump’s megabill became law, Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa largely defended his vote for the legislation while fielding expletive-laden questions from a hostile crowd.

Proposition 187 was to the California Republican Party of the 1990s what “Build the wall!” is to the Republican Party of 2020. The shifting demographic realities, too, are similar.

Gov. Newsom is calling a Nov. 4 vote on new maps that could flip GOP seats and boost Democrats to 48 of California’s 52 congressional districts.

W ith Kamala Harris out of the picture, the once-sleepy California gubernatorial race is suddenly buzzing. Donors are opening up their wallets, Democratic infighting is brewing and Republicans are scrambling to revise a strategy they planned to run against the former vice president.

Republicans lawmakers have faced the scorn of voters over the Trump administration's policies in recent months.