The prospect of Ventura County being in play suggests vulnerability for Democrats in a number of districts in California and across the country that Biden won by double digits.
As the sun set behind rows of modest homes, Republican Matt Jacobs knocked on doors urging voters in Oxnard to“I care deeply about this community,” Jacobs told Jacqueline Mercado, 28, adding that he was born and raised in Ventura County, a message he repeated in English and fluent Spanish in this predominantly Latino neighborhood. “I just think things can be better all around.”
The GOP is favored to take control of the House in Tuesday’s election, and voters like Mercado could make that happen or determine the size of its majority. Democrat Julia Brownley has represented much of Ventura County in Congress since 2013. On Tuesday, the district was moved from “solid Democrat” to “lean Democrat” by Cook, which based its prognostication on a poll that showed a statistical dead heat between the candidates and the amount of money flowing in.
Wasserman was among the prognosticators who was skeptical when Brownley’s prospects were initially questioned. More than 20 House campaign committees and leadership PACs contributed to Brownley and Jacobs over a three-day span in late October, making it “the top House target for Republicans and Democrats alike” for such efforts,
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