“The data that I’ve seen early on, they don’t show the most positive sense for those who are no on 50,” Assemblymember David Tangipa, R-Fresno and member of the Assembly Elections Committee, told The Center Square before election results were reported. “I think we can run a better campaign, there’s…

“It’s a sad day when it comes to Prop. 50 because the people of California have been lied to,” said Assemblymember David Tangipa, a Fresno Republican, during a news conference Tuesday just after Prop. 50 soared to victory. Read More

State Rep. David Tangipa (R-CA): You think about the arguments that they’re doing for Prop 50. To save democracy, you must dismantle democracy. To beat gerrymandering, we have to gerrymander worse. Read More

When Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, introduced the bill in January, it came before lawmakers nearly completely blank — a common practice in California politics, said Assemblymember David Tangipa, R-Clovis…“Instead of actually doing the full deliberation process on starting it from the very beginning, having some clear intentions, debating on the…

“[My constituents] haven’t really seen anything coming out of the Republican Party really driving the vote,” Assemblymember David Tangipa, R-Fresno, told The Center Square. “A lot of them have waited until polls opened, and they have that now,” Tangipa said. He spoke out against redistricting, both as a member of…