Dahle opposes Democratic hijacking of election process: Absurd gerrymandering attacks North State’s representation

In a high-handed move to override the clear voice of the California voters who supported independent, nonpartisan redistricting, Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democratic establishment in California are taking the unprecedented step of drawing new district maps for California’s members of Congress in the middle of the decade for pure partisan advantage, according to a statement from California Senator Megan Dahle.

Specifically, they are punishing some of their most vocal GOP critics by putting them in new districts with substantial Democratic majorities — since they could not beat them at the ballot box.

For the North State, this is no abstract political fight. Both of the current members of Congress representing areas north of Sacramento — Congressmen Doug LaMalfa and Kevin Kiley — are specifically targeted in the new maps, their current districts carved up and rearranged.

Under this plan, Shasta, Siskiyou and Modoc counties would share a district with Marin County, the home of liberal Democrat Congressman Jared Huffman. Much of the Sacramento Valley would be in a new district dominated by Sonoma County.

This map was released in a Friday-afternoon news dump, with legislative votes planned next week. Senator Megan Dahle will be voting against it.

The majority party is breaking an astonishing number of legislative rules and constitutional principles in shoving this plan forward.

“They obviously don’t care what I, as a Republican, have to say,” Dahle said, “but I am confident the voters will see through this sham when it goes on the ballot in a $200 million special election in November.”

About Megan Dahle
Megan Dahle represents California’s 1st Senate District, including all or parts of Lassen, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties.