如果被提议，加州共和党的国会选区将变得更有利于民主党新的地区地图谴责这项努力是政治性的，对选民有害。
加文·纽瑟姆州长等民主党人曾表示，他们将瞄准共和党的五个席位，发起一场国内针锋相对的斗争，以对抗得克萨斯州提出的新国会地图，该地图可能会使共和党在孤星州增加五个席位。
根据弗吉尼亚大学政治中心(Center for Politics at The University of Virginia)周一发表的一份分析报告，由众议员道格·拉玛尔法(Doug LaMalfa)代表的该州第一国会选区将变得更加倾向于民主党，如果2024年的投票在新地图上重复，哈里斯的支持率将从2024年的-24.9点上升到+12.3点。同样的情况也会发生在第48选区，由12届现任众议员达雷尔·伊萨(Darrell Issa)担任，他的选区将从哈里斯-15.3点上升到哈里斯+3.4点。
政治中心发现，由众议员凯文·凯利持有的第三选区将成为哈里斯+10席位，与特朗普+4席位相反。
该中心还发现，由17届现任众议员肯·卡尔弗特(Ken Calvert)代表的第41区将在地理上“基本上被淘汰”，由众议员大卫·瓦拉多(David Valadao)代表的第22区将变得更具竞争力。
库克政治报告将基利的当前选区评为2026年中期选举中可能的共和党人，并将卡尔弗特和瓦拉多的选区评为竞争激烈的共和党人。
“我致力于在这次特别选举中击败纽森的夺权，”卡尔弗特在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说。“选民们决定赋予独立的公民选区重新划分委员会重新划分选区的权力，并从划分自己选区的政客手中夺走这一权力。不公正划分的地图正是选民不信任萨克拉门托政客的原因。我将为继续与我们的公民重新划分权力而斗争。”
与此同时，LaMalfa抨击了提议的地图，称其将看似互不相关的地理位置捆绑在一起。
“如果你想知道这些地图有什么问题——只要看看它们就行了。内华达州和俄勒冈州边界的莫多克县与马林县和金门大桥究竟有什么共同利益?”拉玛尔法在一份声明中说。“选民从萨克拉门托拿走这一权力就是因为这个原因。这是赤裸裸的政治。
拉玛尔法还批评了加州的举动，他说，可能会引发其他州的重新划分选区的努力-指的是共和党经营的州，如佛罗里达州和印第安纳州。“十年中期重划选区是错误的，不管是在哪里，”他写道。
Issa的发言人乔纳森·威尔科克斯(Jonathan Wilcox)同样称这一努力是“纯粹的政治夺权，不应该通过选民的考验，他们已经决定将纽森这样的政治家排除在重新分配之外。国会议员伊萨支持创建独立委员会的倡议，他认为这是加州的最佳安排，州宪法正因党派利益而被破坏。
凯利已经在国会提出立法，禁止十年中期在全国范围内重新划分选区。
“毫无疑问，不管我的选区有什么变化，我都会赢得众议院的连任。但我完全期待美丽的第三区将保持原样，”凯利指出。"我们将挫败纽森的虚假倡议，维护加州选民的意愿."
瓦拉多的发言人没有回应置评请求。
California Republicans targeted by redistricting slam effort as ‘naked politics'
California Republicans whose congressional districts would become more favorable to Democrats if proposednew district mapsare approved by voters are condemning the effort as political and harmful to voters.
Democrats such as Gov. Gavin Newsom had said they would target five GOP seats, launching an intranational tit-for-tat to counter new congressional maps proposed in Texas that could net the GOP five more seats in the Lone Star State.
According to an analysis by The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia published on Monday, the state's 1st Congressional District, represented by Rep. Doug LaMalfa, would become far more Democratic leaning, swinging from -24.9 points for Harris in 2024 to what would be +12.3 points for Harris if the 2024 vote was repeated with the new map. The same would happen for the 48th District, held by 12-term incumbent Rep. Darrell Issa, whose district would go from Harris -15.3 points to Harris +3.4 points.
And the 3rd District held by Rep. Kevin Kiley would become a Harris +10 seat, the Center for Politics found, a flip from Trump +4.
The Center also found that the 41st District represented by 17-term incumbent Rep. Ken Calvert would be "essentially eliminated" geographically, and that the 22nd District, held by Rep. David Valadao, would become more competitive.
The Cook Political Report rates Kiley's current district as Likely Republican in the 2026 midterms, and rates Calvert's and Valadao's as Leaning Republican in its list of competitive races.
"I'm committed to defeating Newsom's power grab in this special election," Calvert said in a statement to ABC News. "Voters decided to give redistricting powers to the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and take it away from politicians drawing their own districts. The gerrymandered maps are exactly why voters don't trust Sacramento politicians. I will fight to keep redistricting power with our citizens."
LaMalfa, meanwhile, slammed the proposed maps for tying together geographic locations that seem to have no connection to each other.
"If you want to know what's wrong with these maps -- just take a look at them. How on earth does Modoc County on the Nevada and Oregon Border have any common interest with Marin County and the Golden Gate Bridge?" LaMalfa said in a statement. "Voters took this power from Sacramento for just this reason. This is naked politics at its worst.
LaMalfa also criticized how California's move, he said, could spark redistricting efforts in other states -- referencing GOP-run states such as Florida and Indiana. "Mid-Decade redistricting is wrong, no matter where it's being done," he wrote.
A spokesperson for Issa, Jonathan Wilcox, similarly called the effort "a pure political power grab that shouldn't pass the test of voters who already decided to keep politicians like Newsom out of reapportionment. Congressman Issa supported the initiative to create the independent commission, he believes it is the best arrangement for California, and that the state constitution is being trashed for partisan advantage."
Kiley has introduced legislation in Congress that would ban mid-decade redistricting nationwide.
"Make no mistake, I will win reelection to the House regardless of the proposed changes to my district. But I fully expect that the beautiful 3rd District will remain exactly as it is," Kiley noted. "We will defeat Newsom's sham initiative and vindicate the will of California voters."
A spokesperson for Valadao did not respond to a request for comment.
