California voters approved new congressional maps in a special election Tuesday that could bring Democrats five more seats in the national battle for control of Congress, handing a victory to Gov.

It didn’t take long after polls closed on Tuesday night for the special election to be called in favor of the redistricting ballot measure. It took, perhaps, even less time for those on the ...

California voters on Nov. 4 passed Proposition 50, a constitutional amendment that allows a redrawing of the state's congressional district boundaries, a major win for Democrats. The measure, which ...