Democrats’ blue wave beat Texas’ GOP gerrymanders. Did California even need Prop 50?

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Democratic Rep.-elect Marni von Wilpert will replace retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa in a San Diego district redrawn to favor Democrats. (Luke Johnson / The San Diego Union-Tribune) California Democrats went all in on redistricting last year in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s call for...

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