Inside the GOP effort to win back the California House seats they lost in 2018
, a repudiation that turned the GOP into an endangered species in the state.
Democrats counter that the 2018 races reflected the long-term political realignment of a Republican Party that no longer includes moderates. The legal practice — enacted in a 2016 law — allows third parties, such as volunteers for political parties, to collect mail-in ballots from voters to drop them off at a polling place.
In some of the key districts, Republicans recruited marquee names as candidates, including two Korean American women — prominent counter examples of the narrative that the Republican Party is dominated by white men — and two former lawmakers who are setting up rematches for their old seats.At the top of the list for both parties is the matchup between Cox and Valadao.
Residents in the district will vote next week on both the special election to fill the seat for the rest of Hill’s term this year and the primary to pick the candidates for the November election to fill the seat next year — two races on the same ballot that are likely to cause confusion. Assuming no candidate gets 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s special election, a runoff will be held on May 12. Both parties are prepared for a close race.
Despite Trump’s sinking popularity statewide, Republicans are hopeful that his presence at the top of the ticket will help them. Four years ago in the presidential race, Republicans held 14 congressional districts in the state. It wasn’t until 2018 that Republicans lost seven seats.But while Trump wasn’t on the ballot in 2018, many voters viewed the midterm race as a measure of his presidency.
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