CA Supreme Court denies Republicans' request to intervene in Newsom's redistricting plan

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Supreme Court denies Republicans' request to intervene and slow down Democrats' redistricting legislation, which the legislature is expected to pass on the floor Thursday.

GOP lawmakers who filed the request are vowing to keep fighting in court and at the ballot box.

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Senator Tony Strickland, Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares, Assemblyman Tri Ta and Assemblywoman Kathryn Sanchez released the following joint statement:

"Today's Supreme Court decision is not the end of this fight. Although the Court denied our petition, it did not explain the reason for its ruling. This means Governor Newsom and the Democrats' plan to gut the voter-created Citizens Redistricting Commission, silence public input, and stick taxpayers with a $200+ million bill will proceed. Polls show most Democrats, Republicans, and independents want to keep the commission, not give politicians the power to rig maps. We will continue to challenge this unconstitutional power grab in the courts and at the ballot box. Californians deserve fair, transparent elections, not secret backroom deals to protect politicians."

This comes after Texas' House of Representatives approved a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP.

The map passed Wednesday after a push by President Donald Trump for Republican-controlled states to redraw their legislative maps to give his party a better chance of holding onto control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections.

The maps must be approved by Texas' Republican-controlled Senate and Gov. Greg Abbott before they become official.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.