Disgraced MAGA Rep's Case Against Newsom Thrown Out by Trump Judge [View all]
Source: Daily Beast
Published Oct. 23 2025 8:48PM EDT
A federal judge has thrown out MAGA Rep. Ronny Jackson’s lawsuit against Gavin Newsom that was aimed at blocking California’s redistricting push. The decision is a victory for the California governor’s effort to counter red states’ attempt to deliver more House GOP seats for President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterms.
After Texas redrew its maps earlier this year, a move expected to deliver Republicans five new seats, Newsom retaliated by putting forward a ballot measure that could temporarily authorize new California district lines to neutralize Texas’ advantage.
Jackson, who represents Texas, sued Newsom, 58, in August, seeking to block the measure—which the Democratic governor has dubbed the Election Rigging Response Act. The Trump-loyalist, 58, claimed that if voters approve the measure and Democratic candidates go on to win statewide, he would be left vulnerable to losing his chair on two House subcommittees.
Jackson posted a video on social media announcing his lawsuit, telling Newsom, “We are going to sue you, and we are going to win this.” But a Trump-appointed Texas district judge dismissed Jackson’s lawsuit Thursday, saying that the congressman failed to show how California’s redistricting plan would cause him to “suffer a legally cognizable injury-in-fact.”
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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.408802/gov.uscourts.txnd.408802.37.0.pdf
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