保罗·米切尔称，新一届国会应将制定全国 Redistricting 标准作为优先事项
作者：爱尔兰·欧文斯 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年11月14日 美国东部时间上午10:00
即将卸任的联邦众议员伊萨谴责民主党操纵选区划分，导致加州联邦众议院共和党党团席位减半
加州联邦众议员、共和党人达雷尔·伊萨表示，尽管该州40%-45%的选民为共和党人，但该州联邦众议院共和党党团席位将降至4个或更少，占比不足10%，他称这是赤裸裸的选区操纵。
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曾为民主党在加州制定有利的选区划分方案的策划者——该方案帮助民主党在11月的中期选举中拿下5个共和党人掌控的联邦众议院席位——如今呼吁民主党在全国范围内结束党派性选区操纵行为。
保罗·米切尔在《旧金山纪事报》周三刊登的一篇专栏文章中声称，立法者应“永久叫停党派性选区操纵”。他发表此番言论之际，加州选民已于2025年11月通过了第50号提案，该提案临时取代了该州独立划定的国会选区，改用一套民主党倾向的选区地图，适用于2030年之前的所有选举。
米切尔在专栏文章中承认，第50号提案旨在让民主党受益，但他将其辩护为对共和党主导的选区划分努力的临时应对措施，随后呼吁彻底结束党派性选区划分操作。
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“我并非为了配合任何人进一步推行选区操纵的行动才写这篇专栏文章，”米切尔周四晚间在接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时表示，“我从一开始就计划在选举结束后尽快做这件事，甚至在选举期间的报道中，我还接受了CNN记者伊莱克思·迈克尔森的采访，称解决问题的办法必须是停止这场选区划分之争，真正把问题解决。”
选区划分操作在共和党遭遇历史性众议院失利后反受其害
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2025年11月1日周六，在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥，加州州长加文·纽森与美国国内工会联合会（UDW）支持者在“启动大选投票”活动的集会上发表讲话。（内尔文·C·塞佩达/《圣地亚哥联合论坛报》/盖蒂图片社）
米切尔接着表示，第50号提案是对得克萨斯州共和党人选区划分举措的“恰当回应”。
“第50号提案是对得州共和党人所作所为的恰当回应，但要知道，当初得州开始这么做的时候，我们的做法并非只是反过来自行划分选区，而是做了大量工作试图阻止得州引发这场选区划分之争，”他告诉福克斯新闻数字版，“如果当时有人说‘国会将禁止中期重新划分选区’，我们绝对会全力支持这一举措。而且我曾支持佐伊·洛夫格伦提出的法案，该法案原本会设立全国性的选区划分标准。”
米切尔认为，共和党在中期选举中的失利，可能会让他们在多年反对选区划分改革后，如今更愿意接受改革。
“现在之所以重要，是因为一直反对选区划分改革的共和党人应该意识到，他们在这场争斗中失败了，所以未来或许会更认真地对待退出这类争斗的问题，”他告诉福克斯新闻数字版。
至于加州的情况，米切尔认为第50号提案的地图将保留至2030年，称相关重点应放在2031年恢复更公平的选区划分进程上。
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他呼吁国会禁止在中期重新划分选区，但认为仅靠这一限制无法阻止各州在每次人口普查后重划选区时进行党派性操纵。
“我认为最好的解决方案是每个州都设立独立委员会，”他说。
加州民主党人将第50号提案吹嘘为“对唐纳德·特朗普总统与得州州领导策划的共和党夺权行动的直接回应，后者重新划分了国会选区边界，以在联邦众议院多获得5个席位”。
加州民主党州长加文·纽森同样在2025年11月4日的社交媒体帖子中声称，第50号提案“是为了反抗唐纳德·特朗普这样的恶霸”。
米切尔近期的专栏文章还称，选区操纵会削弱选民“选出心仪候选人”的能力。
据美联社11月4日报道，民主党在11月中期选举中成功拿下了其选区划分计划所瞄准的加州全部5个联邦众议院席位。
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加州州长加文·纽森在洛杉矶加州会议中心举办的“支持第50号提案”志愿者活动上发表讲话。选民批准了这项措施，该措施授权对国会选区地图进行临时修改。（盖蒂图片社）
最高法院关于投票权的重磅裁决引发南部各州选区划分之争
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“新一届国会应将全国性选区划分作为优先事项，为所有州划定选区确立最低标准，”米切尔在专栏文章中写道。
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加利福尼亚州贝克尔斯菲尔德市，11月3日：2026年11月3日，加利福尼亚州贝克尔斯菲尔德市克恩县选举办公室，一名选民在选票上做标记。美国人将在这场关键的中期选举中前往投票，唐纳德·特朗普总统第二任期剩余时间内，参众两院的控制权将在此一决胜负。（马里奥·塔马/盖蒂图片社）
米切尔是加州两党选民数据公司“政治数据公司”的副总裁，同时也是萨克拉门托数据咨询公司“选区划分伙伴公司”的所有者。
据选区划分伙伴公司网站介绍，米切尔在职业生涯中已为各州、城市、学校董事会及社区学院学区完成超过100次选区划分操作，其中包括纽约州独立选区划分委员会、洛杉矶市议会选区划分委员会以及长滩独立选区划分委员会。
在2025年11月8日参加《加州政治360》节目时，米切尔被问及加州的选区操纵地图是否有必要，他表示民主党“沾沾自喜”会是“一个巨大的错误”。
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据《滚石政治报》11月9日报道，在民主党在11月中期选举中大获全胜后，一些州已提出在2028年选举周期前重新划分国会选区。
同时，据WABE广播报道，即将卸任的佐治亚州共和党州长布莱恩·坎普于11月4日表示，他不会召集特别立法会议重新划分国会选区，也不会在2027年1月任期结束前限制新任州长的权力。
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Dems’ California redistricting mastermind flips script after helping party win 5 GOP seats: ‘Kill’
Paul Mitchell said the incoming Congress should make national redistricting standards a priority
By Ireland Owens | Fox News
Published November 14, 2026 10:00am EST
Outgoing Rep Issa rebukes Dem gerrymander cutting California House GOP delegation in half
Outgoing Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says the GOP House delegation from his state is dropping to four or fewer seats out of 52 — less than 10% — despite 40-45% of the state’s voters being Republican, calling it pure gerrymandering.
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The architect of California’s Democratic-friendly redistricting plan, which helped the party flip five Republican-held House seats in November’s midterm elections, is now calling on Democrats to put an end to partisan gerrymandering nationwide.
Paul Mitchell claimed in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed published Wednesday that lawmakers should “kill partisan gerrymandering for good.” His comments come after California voters approved Proposition 50 in November 2025, temporarily replacing the state’s independently drawn congressional districts with a Democratic-friendly map for elections through 2030.
Mitchell acknowledged in his op-ed that Proposition 50 was designed to benefit Democrats, but defended it as a temporary response to Republican-led redistricting efforts before calling for an end to partisan mapmaking altogether.
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“I wasn’t trying to do this [op-ed] to time with anyone’s efforts to do further gerrymandering,” Mitchell told Fox News Digital on Thursday evening. “I always planned on doing this as soon as the election was over, and I even did a CNN interview with Elex Michaelson during the election coverage where I said that the answer needs to be to stop this redistricting war and actually fix the problem.”
REDISTRICTING EFFORTS BLOW UP IN REPUBLICANS’ FACES AMID HISTORIC HOUSE LOSSES
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Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke with supporters during a rally with the United Domestic Workers of America (UDW) about the urgency of the Get Out the Vote Kick-Off on Saturday, Nov. On Saturday, November 1, 2025, in San Diego.(Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune/Getty)
Mitchell went on to say that Prop 50 was “the right response” to Texas Republicans’ redistricting push.
“Prop 50 was the right response to what Republicans in TX were doing, but recall that when TX started doing this, our approach wasn’t to just start redistricting ourselves, we did a lot of work trying to get TX to not start the redistricting wars,” he told Fox News Digital. “If then someone had said “congress will be banning mid-decade redistricting” we would have been all for it. And I supported the legislation by Zoe Lofgren that would have [set up] national redistricting standards.”
Mitchell argued that Republicans’ midterm losses could make them more receptive to redistricting reform after years of opposing it.
“What makes now really important is that Republicans, who have opposed redistricting reform, should now realize that they lost in this war, so getting out of future wars is something maybe they would take more seriously now,” he told Fox News Digital.
As for California, Mitchell believes the Proposition 50 maps will remain in place through 2030 and said the focus should be on restoring a fairer redistricting process in 2031.
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He called for Congress to prohibit mid-decade redistricting but argued that such a restriction alone would not prevent partisan gerrymandering when states redraw their maps after each census.
“I think the best solution would be independent commissions in every state,” he said.
The California Democratic Party touted Prop 50 as a “direct response to a Republican power grab orchestrated by President [Donald] Trump and state leaders in Texas, who redrew congressional district lines to gain five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom similarly claimed in a Nov. 4, 2025 social media post that Prop 50 “is about standing up to bullies like Donald Trump.”
Mitchell’s recent op-ed also claims that gerrymandering can erode voters’ ability “to elect the candidates they prefer.”
Democrats notably succeeded in flipping all five House seats in California targeted by the party’s redistricting push in the November midterm elections, the AP reported Nov. 4.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a “Yes On Prop 50” volunteer event at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. Voters approved the measure, which authorized temporary changes to congressional district maps.(Getty Images)
BLOCKBUSTER SUPREME COURT VOTING RIGHTS RULING IGNITES REDISTRICTING WAR ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES
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“The incoming Congress should make national redistricting a priority, establishing minimum standards for how all states draw their districts,” Mitchell wrote in the opinion piece.
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BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 03: A voter marks their ballot in the Kern County Elections Office on November 03, 2026 in Bakersfield, California. Americans go to the polls in consequential midterm elections, where control of the House and the Senate is at stake for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s second term in office.(Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Mitchell serves as the vice president of Political Data Inc., a California-based bipartisan voter data firm. He is also the owner of Redistricting Partners, a Sacramento-based data consulting firm.
Mitchell, across his career, has conducted more than 100 redistrictings for states, cities, school boards and community college districts, including the State of New York Independent Redistricting Commission, the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission and the Long Beach Independent Redistricting Commission, according to Redistricting Partners’ website.
When asked about whether California’s gerrymandered maps were necessary during a Nov. 8 interview on “California Politics 360,” Mitchell said it would have been “a huge mistake” for Democrats to “sit” on their “laurels.”
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Following Democrats’ sweeping victories in November’s midterm elections, some states have floated redrawing their congressional maps ahead of the 2028 election cycle, Roll Call reported Nov. 9.
Meanwhile, outgoing Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Nov. 4 that he would not call a special legislative session to redraw congressional maps or limit the powers of the incoming governor before his term ends in January 2027, WABE reported.
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“As long as I’m governor, we will always respect the results of secure, accessible, and fair elections, and also abide by the laws and constitution of our state,” Kemp said in a statement.
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