California’s reputation as a politically liberal state is being tested in a string of U.S. House districts that are expected to play into control of the chamber.
FILE – Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., departs as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, late Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. LOS ANGELES — California’s reputation as a hothouse of progressive politics is being tested in a string of U.S. House contests that are again expected to play into which party controls the chamber next year.
At least on paper, Democrats have more than enough registered voters to seize a cluster of Republican-held districts. The lingering question, as in the past, is will they vote?, a former California U.S. senator and attorney general, leading the ticket. But how that will play out in closely divided swing districts is less clear. possible return to Washington, threats to abortion rights and gun violence.
The once-conservative 27th District runs through suburbs and high desert north of Los Angeles. Garcia, a supporter of former President Donald Trump with a conservative voting record, was first elected running against California’s liberal-leaning government. “I don’t want my country to turn into what my state has become,” he said at the time., who also is a former CEO of Virgin Galactic, says he would use his business experience to solve problems.
FILE – Scott Baugh, a Republican candidate for Congress from Orange County’s 48th District, poses outside a polling place after voting in Huntington Beach, Calif., June 5, 2018. He held the district from 2013 until January 2019, lost the seat for a term, then won it back in a 2020 rematch with Democrat T.J. Cox. Democrat Rudy Salas is trying to claim the seat this year after losing to Valadao in 2022.
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