With a national fundraising blitz in full swing and Election Day just around the corner, Democrats stumping for Proposition 50 have far out-raised and out-spent their opponents — even though a California megadonor with Republican ties single-handedly spent $30 million to defeat it.

He moved to Southern California and ran for office in 1998, losing the Republican primary to Matt Fong to take on then-Sen. Barbara Boxer. He was first elected to Congress in 2000, and after expanding his investments into real estate,

Over 3 million mail ballots have been returned in the special election about redrawing congressional districts. Political observers were surprised.

About 3.7 million ballots have been returned so far in California’s special election to either approve or reject Proposition 50, according to a data firm used by political campaigns.

Proposition 50, the only statewide measure on California's November ballot, is about the balance of power in Congress. It would redraw the lines of California's 52 Congressional districts, in an effort to get Democrats five more seats in the U.S. House.

With Election Day now less than two weeks away, one of California's congressional districts that would see some of the biggest changes if Proposition 50 passes is District 3, represented by Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley.

Voters have a big decision to make with Prop 50, which would temporarily redraw California's congressional lines to boost Democrats. But a bigger question looms if the measure passes.

With the fate of President’s Trump’s right-wing agenda at stake, the California ballot measure crafted to tilt Congress to Democratic control has turned into a fight among millionaires and billionaires,

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a positive overall job approval from California voters, and is a net-positive for those who consider him a factor and are voting "yes" on Prop 50. However, he's even more of a motivating force for the "no" side, many of whom are Republicans, and half of whom say he's a reason for them to oppose it.