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Mohamed Al Elew

Mohamed Al Elew is a journalism engineer, where they use data and software to produce investigative reporting. Before joining CalMatters and The Markup, Mohamed was a data reporter at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, where they investigated disparities in pandemic aid lending, oil drilling near schools and daycares, and violence at abortions clinics. They were a Livingston Awards co-finalist for the Banking on Inequity series.

They studied computer science at the University of California, San Diego, where they were a research scholar at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and served as editor-in-chief of The Triton, the school’s independent student newsroom.

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Live election results: See how Californians voted on Proposition 50
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California State News
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November 5, 2025

California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 50, the ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats. The new boundaries could flip up to five Republican seats and secure several vulnerable Democratic incumbents, giving the party an advantage in next year’s battle for control of the U.S. House.

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