Former President Barack Obama serves as the Democratic Party's campaign closer for 2025 elections, supporting California's Proposition 50 and gubernatorial nominees across states.

On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a livestream for volunteers in support of Proposition 50, the governor’s redistricting measure, and the sole question on the ballot in the November 4 special election. As I reported last week in a story on the almost unprecedented spending around the measure:

Former President Barack Obama appears in a TV commercial supporting Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed Prop 50 redistricting plan for California.

Former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom to urge support for a controversial Democrat-led redistricting initiative that

Obama’s decision followed a series of private phone calls with his former attorney general, Eric Holder, who now heads the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Both men had long campaigned for nonpartisan maps, but this time they concluded that sitting idle wasn’t an option.

California's Proposition 50 ballot measure could determine House control as Barack Obama campaigns for redistricting changes ahead of the 2026 election.

The Obama ad urges California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in the state.

Barack Obama framed the proposed constitutional amendment as a move to counter Donald Trump’s efforts to skew the 2026 midterm elections

A poll found a majority of voters are backing a measure to counter GOP efforts to add more House seats in Texas and other states.