"We have hit our budget goals and raised what we need in order to pass Proposition 50. You can stop donating, the California governor said in an email. In 10 weeks, the campaign to support Proposition 50, which seeks to give Democrats more seats in the House in response to recently passed gerrymandered maps in Texas, raised $38m from about 1.2m small-dollar donations, the governor said."
"The campaign also attracted significant large donations, including nearly $15m from a Democratic Super Pac, $10m from a lobbying group funded by George Soros and almost $4m from a state teachers union, among others. Tom Steyer, the billionaire and former Democratic presidential candidate, has spent $12m in support of the proposition. Proposition 50 has grown in popularity since the state announced the proposal in August."
"In the last weeks of the campaign, prominent Democrats like Barack Obama have been urging voters to back the measure: California, the whole nation is counting on you, Obama said in one ad. Democracy is on the ballot. A recent poll from CBS News found that 62% of likely voters said they would vote yes on the proposition while an Emerson College poll indicated that 57% of likely voters in California supported it, and 37% were opposed."
Proposition 50 aims to redraw congressional districts to give Democrats more House seats in response to gerrymandered maps in Texas. The campaign supporting the measure raised $38m from about 1.2m small-dollar donations in ten weeks and attracted substantial large contributions, including nearly $15m from a Democratic super PAC, $10m from a Soros-funded lobbying group, almost $4m from a teachers union, and $12m from Tom Steyer. Governor Gavin Newsom announced that funding goals were met and urged donors to stop contributing. Polls show majority support, and opposing campaigns remain heavily out-raised and underfunded.
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