David Valadao's South Valley district targeted by Prop 50

CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- With the Central Valley location to a 3rd of the state's 9 Republicans successful Congress, experts accidental the portion is simply a captious portion of Democrats' program to redistrict the state.

There are a fistful of districts that are truly the main pieces of this strategy," UC Merced Political Science Professor Nate Monroe said.

He said District 22 successful the South Valley has been cautiously redesigned nether Proposition 50.

"This redistricting program volition displacement immoderate of the Republican precincts successful Tulare and Kings County successful that confederate portion of the territory retired of the spot and present prime up successful its spot immoderate of the urban, much Democratic dense precincts that are successful the Fresno metro area," Monroe said.

On paper, Republicans would inactive clasp an borderline implicit Democrats based connected the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination results. However, the GOP's borderline would shrink from 5.8 percent to 1.8 percent, tightening the contention for incumbent David Valadao successful adjacent year's midterms.

"Is this contention apt to beryllium competitory capable inactive that helium could triumph it? Sure," Monroe said. "But is it going to beryllium a steeper elevation to climb? No doubt."

Action News spoke with Valadao's constituents, voters successful Kings County.

"No redistricting," Adalina said.

Every elector Action News talked with said they are against Prop 50.

Governor Newsom and Democrats reason it is indispensable aft President Donald Trump asked Texas to adhd Republican seats.

But Brandon successful Hanford feels California's districts are already retired of touch, comparing them to Maine and Massachusetts.

"Their seats are axenic liberal, but past their colonisation is 40 percent Republican," Brandon said. "So I don't recognize that their practice tin beryllium truthful mismatched."

Monroe says districts are a equilibrium betwixt demographics and geography.

"Naively saying, 'Well, there's much Republicans registered successful California than anyplace other (and) determination should beryllium a batch much seats,' well, that benignant of ignores the size of California," Monroe said.

Congressman David Valadao did not respond to Action News' petition for remark connected Prop 50.

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