{"id":324,"date":"2025-08-04T22:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagnerforcalifornia.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2025-08-04T22:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:47:22","slug":"secretary-of-state-candidate-don-wagner-challenges-incumbent-shirley-weber-to-speak-out-against-gavin-newsoms-redistricting-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagnerforcalifornia.com\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of State candidate Don Wagner challenges incumbent Shirley Weber to speak out against Gavin Newsom\u2019s redistricting scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"brz brz-root__container brz-reset-all brz-root__container-page\" >\n<section id=\"895b7bc06102cb50c639_sGTOlB1MfKtE\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-1o2eyei brz-css-1v910k4\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-wik1br brz-css-1kz1lh0\" data-brz-custom-id=\"hUIfz0_gpc46\">\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-yhqn7s brz-css-1l4v367\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-brdobr brz-css-shfr3o brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-19mh8bl brz-css-ntq9as\" data-brz-custom-id=\"uiSnPYJGxJ_C\"><span class=\"brz-wp-title-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">Secretary of State candidate Don Wagner challenges incumbent Shirley Weber to speak out against Gavin Newsom\u2019s redistricting scheme<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-brdobr brz-css-1d4fog9 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-16tmj8l brz-css-14clqj5\" data-brz-custom-id=\"ufDnhyua7bO8\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-fw-lg-700 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fs-lg-25 brz-ft-google brz-ff-oxygen brz-tp-lg-empty brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-text-lg-center brz-css-oxagU\" data-uniq-id=\"nmyMl\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-uqulX\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgb(59, 63, 68);\"><em>\u201cSitting silently on the sidelines while the politician who appointed you to your job attempts to undermine the will of the voters is not leadership, its collusion.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-brdobr brz-css-nos4yi brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-16tmj8l brz-css-1v0syn5\" data-brz-custom-id=\"fnFp16GNZGqm\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-iISmm\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-sc5Ek\" data-uniq-id=\"tMCjx\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color1 brz-bold-true\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Orange County, CA &#8211; &#8211; <\/strong><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Today, County Supervisor and Secretary of State candidate Don Wagner (R-Orange County) challenged California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to speak out against Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s mid-decade redistricting scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-tG5qn\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-usUEw\" data-uniq-id=\"zYRkq\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-xQx9b\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zMCFg\" data-uniq-id=\"q7OL2\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">In 2010 California voters overwhelmingly adopted Proposition 20 to remove partisan politicians from the congressional redistricting process, turning redistricting over to the independent citizen\u2019s commission. Voters passed Prop. 20 by a margin of 61.2 to 38.8 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-coq4x\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-yAiD8\" data-uniq-id=\"lm_HZ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-u4G5b\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-qlQLs\" data-uniq-id=\"gM96W\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">\u201cSitting silently on the sidelines while the politician who appointed you to your job attempts to undermine the will of the voters is not leadership, its collusion. Californians demand better from their top elections official,\u201d said Wagner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-abRvt\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vU9nm\" data-uniq-id=\"cf1xJ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-pCIQK\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-hjuRI\" data-uniq-id=\"qlkvQ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&#8220;Shirley Weber should be shouting from the rooftops, warning Californians that Gavin Newsom is trying to give&nbsp;<\/span><em class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">their<\/em><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;power away to&nbsp;<\/span><em class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">his<\/em><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;politicians. He wants to undermine the vote of the people for purely partisan purposes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-rCiy_\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-vMk6E\" data-uniq-id=\"hNobG\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-kXh0i\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kXg8c\" data-uniq-id=\"dcaQe\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">Supervisor Don Wagner is a former State Assembly Member, Irvine Mayor, College Board Trustee, and Chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Wagner will bring a vast range of experience and a long list of accomplishments to the Secretary of State\u2019s office.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-yu1Ss\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-eXn5m\" data-uniq-id=\"mkJsy\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_9 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-nFF1R\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-eHwoT\" data-uniq-id=\"tHV7v\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color1\" style=\"color: rgba(var(--brz-global-color1),1);\">\u201cAs Secretary of State, my office will stand with, and in support of the voters and will strive to uphold the laws and Constitution of our state and nation,\u201d Wagner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-oxygen brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-16 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