{"id":197996,"date":"2025-09-03T22:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/197996\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:53:11","slug":"why-election-mailers-are-suddenly-filling-san-diego-mailboxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/197996\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Election Mailers Are Suddenly Filling San Diego Mailboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve noticed a sudden influx of election mailers in your mailbox, you\u2019re not alone. A fall that was supposed to be free of elections has turned into a big and expensive political fight centered on redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s at Stake<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Darrell Issa represents a district that went for President Donald Trump by more than 15 percentage points. Normally, that wouldn\u2019t make him a top Democratic target. But now, two well-known challengers are lining up endorsements to run against him:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/politics\/2025\/08\/25\/campa-najjar-to-run-for-congress-in-proposed-48th-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Ammar Campa-Najjar<\/a>, who previously ran against Issa, and San Diego City Councilmember\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/politics\/2025\/09\/03\/san-diego-city-councilwoman-marni-von-wilpert-announces-congressional-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Marni von Wilpert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both see an opening because the district lines may soon change. In about five weeks, voters will decide whether to adopt a new map advanced by Gov. Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how those changes would shake out:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issa\u2019s district:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Old district voted for Trump by 15.3 points<\/li>\n<li>New district would have voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris by 2.6 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mike Levin\u2019s district:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Old district voted Harris +7.8<\/li>\n<li>New district would have voted Harris +12.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scott Peters\u2019 district:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Old district voted Harris +29.6<\/li>\n<li>New district would have voted Harris +17.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Normally, California\u2019s districts are drawn by an independent commission. But the November ballot measure would temporarily override that system.<\/p>\n<p>Why the Mailers Matter<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-1024x631.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-755540\"  \/>An election mailer opposing California\u2019s redistricting ballot measure is shown in this photo taken Sept. 3, 2025. \/ Claire Trageser for KPBS <\/p>\n<p>That brings us back to the campaign mailers arriving in your mailbox.<\/p>\n<p>One was bankrolled by Charles Munger Jr., a Republican donor and Palo Alto physicist. It quoted the president of the League of Women Voters of California saying lawmakers should reject the \u201cdangerous\u201d idea of mid-cycle redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>The League of Women Voters was upset that they were being used by the mailer supporting a Republican perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are squarely in the fight against President Trump\u2019s authoritarian and dangerous policies that threaten the civil rights and liberties of all Americans,\u201d said Deputy California Director Dora Rose in a statement. \u201dCalifornia\u2019s independent redistricting commission is the gold standard \u2014 a national model for fair elections, community input, and transparency. We understand the threat authoritarianism poses, but the way to fight it is not by breaking our own democratic safeguards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This battle is drawing millions of dollars. Netflix founder Reed Hastings has donated heavily to support Newsom\u2019s plan to redraw districts.<\/p>\n<p>So expect your mailbox to stay full this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve noticed a sudden influx of election mailers in your mailbox, you\u2019re not alone. A fall that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":197997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,80,16216,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-197996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-politics","12":"tag-public-matters","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115142826799502365","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}