Redistricting would split cities, counties throughout CA

(The Center Square) – Lodi, a Northern California city of 66,000 people, will be divided among three congressional districts if a Democratic Party-backed redistricting map goes into effect.

And Democratic suburbs of Sacramento would become part of the district of U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, a Republican, which will see a dramatic change in its shape. Currently the district mainly lies along the California-Nevada border, but Sacramento is roughly 400 miles west of the border.

Geographically and politically, the district would take a turn to the left.

Kiley is one of five Republicans who stand to lose their seats in Congress under the redistricting, GOP leaders in the Legislature told The Center Square as they blasted Democrats for severe gerrymandering, including in Republican strongholds in Orange and San

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