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The California State Senate voted on June 4, 1965, to divide California into two states, with the Tehachapi Mountains as the boundary. Sponsored by State Senator Richard J. Dolwig (R-San Mateo), the resolution proposed to separate the seven southern counties, with a majority of the state's population, from the 51 other counties, and passed 27–12.
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
Opponents said that the initiative was a thinly disguised Republican power play aimed at diminishing the electoral votes that have historically gone to Democrats in California. [36] In a survey of the California congressional delegation, The Hill found that the Democrats opposed the proposition, while the Republicans were generally divided. [37]
Since Biden took office in January 2021, Republican attorneys general have filed 50 lawsuits against his administration over a host of issues including California’s fuel standards, financial ...
Before the 2010 elections, it was Democrats who controlled both chambers in 27 states versus the Republican party having total control in only 14 states, with 8 states divided, and Nebraska being nonpartisan. [2] Since this election, Republicans have maintained a majority of state legislative chambers and seats, as well as governorships nationwide.
1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.
The California-bashing is particularly valuable to Republicans now. For the first time in decades, the state has two potential stars on the A-list of potential Democratic presidents: Vice ...
Three in 10 Republicans believe it was a mistake for a small faction of the party, and all D Republicans are divided on far-right move to remove McCarthy as House speaker, an AP-NORC poll shows ...